Sony Says PlayTable Console Maker Infringed Its Trademarks

An in-development video game console called the PlayTable infringes Sony’s PlayStation trademark, a Sept. 12 complaint in the Northern District of California says.

The PlayTable is likely to confuse customers with Sony’s console, Sony says.

Prizm Labs is developing the PlayTable, which it says is “the world’s first tabletop gaming console.” Prizm received a federal trademark registration in 2016 for “PlayTable” covering computer hardware and software for “enhanced game playing ability,” and “enabling object recognition on multi-user, multi-touch devices.” Sony launched the first iteration of its popular PlayStation consoles in 1994 and says Prizm is “intentionally trading” on ...