Russian inventors sue Sony over patent violationFebruary 24, 2012 - 21:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Two Russian inventors have filed a patent violation lawsuit with a Moscow court against Sony Electronics in Russia, RIA Novosti reported citing CNews. The inventors claim that a rear touchpad installed on Sony's new high-powered handheld console PlayStation Vita violates their patent, registered in Russia, which describes alternative ways of controlling an electronic device. The claimants demand that sales of Vita in Russia be stopped and existing stocks destroyed. Sony Electronics has not commented on the claims so far. The court will review the case on March 21. Long-awaited PlayStation Vita, which also features front touch screen, the usual buttons and analogue sticks and is considered Internet user-friendly, hit the shelves in Russia on Wednesday, February 22. Sony introduced the new console in Japan in December 2011 and sold about 600,000 devices so far. Sales in the United States and Europe started on Tuesday. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |