Le 8 août Lik-Sang, le plus gros VPCiste asiatique, est mis en procès par Sony.
Après avoir attaqué les revendeurs anglais, voilà que Sony s'attaque à
Lik-Sang devant les tribunaux de Honk Kong. Violation de copyrights pour
avoir vendu des consoles sur la Grande Bretagne et le sol européen. Sony
reproche aussi à Lik-Sank d'avoir proposé le manuel de la PSP en ligne (miroir
de celui de Sony) sans en avoir l'autorisation.
Je vous laisse ci-dessous le communiqué original mis en ligne par lik sang.. A
noter que cette procédure ne suspend en rien les ventes de PSP et d'accessoires
PSP par Lik Sang.
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Lik-Sang.com taken to court
by Sony for selling PlayStation Portable (Sony PSP)
Mon
Aug 8 2005 12:07:13 Hong Kong Time -
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hong Kong, August 8, 2005 - Lik-Sang.com, leading online retailer for
videogame systems, games and cutting-edge gaming gear, was today informed that
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc
commenced legal actions against Lik-Sang.com in the High Court of Hong Kong for
selling PSP consoles.
Sony of Europe alleges that Lik-Sang.com has breached Sony's Trade Mark rights
by offering the PlayStation Portable (PSP) for sale to customers in the UK, and
seeks a court order that would prevent Lik-Sang.com from selling or offering
systems, games and accessories to customers in the UK and the European Economic
Area (EEA).
Sony further claims copyright infringement and damages by mirroring the freely
available PSP manual on the news section of Lik-Sang.com during early June. Sony
UK warned Lik-Sang.com at June 14 to take legal actions, should the manual and
any hypertext links to Sony's web site not be removed. Lik-Sang.com complied
with Sony's request to remove the manual immediately.
This lawsuit comes as a total surprise to Lik-Sang.com, given that the laws of
Hong Kong are clear when it comes to parallel trade. Hong Kong's legislation is
based on the fact that allowing parallel and free trade will restore natural
competition and benefit consumers with lower prices. Hong Kong, one of the
pioneering countries respecting worldwide exhaustion of trademark rights, allows
free trade once an item entered the market for sale.
The company running Lik-Sang.com, Pacific Game Technology (Holding) Limited, is
fully registered and operating in Hong Kong and has no ties with the UK. The
company is currently looking into available options to combat Sony's cynical
attempt to disrupt the successful online business again, gain total market
control, and garner publicity.
"Lik-Sang's sales are an unlawful interference with Sony's economic interests",
stated Sony's legal correspondence. The case relies on Sony's claim that
Lik-Sang.com has advertised the PlayStation Portable products in a "dishonest
manner". Lik-Sang.com will do its best to fight Sony's powers and
appreciates any support from employees, friends and even customers.
"This is the most aggressive move against its own customers that a console
manufacturer has ever taken in the 30 year history of videogames", says
Pascal Clarysse, Marketing Manager for Lik-Sang.com. "Sony wants to
completely cut hardcore gamers away from items released in Japan or anywhere
else outside their own country. A very active part of the gaming community has
been enjoying Japanese gaming culture for over two decades, and that's what the
Empire is now willing to destroy."
Daily business is unaffected by this lawsuit. Customers in the UK and elsewhere
don't have to worry about negative side effects or disruption of service.
Shipping, Customer Support and Order Processing are fully operational and
Lik-Sang.com remains open as usual. The sites news section will be updated as
soon as the situation evolves.
Source: Lik-Sang
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