A Delaware federal judge tossed a 2017 lawsuit seeking what Sony Group Corp. called “bloated damages” of nearly $500 million, granting Sony’s request for judgment that its PlayStation 3 and 4 video game consoles and three related controllers didn’t infringe a since-expired patent.
Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg found that Genuine Enabling Technology LLC failed to prove that Sony’s accused products—its PS3 console and DualShock 3 controller, PS4 console and DualShock 4 controller, and Move controller designed for motion-control gameplay with both consoles—infringe US Patent No. 6,219,730, according to an opinion issued Monday in the US District Court for the ...
