Unlikely trendsetter made earphones a way of life

After a 25-year battle against Sony, Andreas Pavel has finally won the right to say he invented the Walkman.
The New York Times

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Not a good year for Sony

The were late witht the HD Flatpanel TV's
Then the rootkit and now this

<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://otherthingsnow.blogspot.com/" target="_newWindow">http://otherthingsnow.blogspot.com/</a>

[ron williams]

Don't forget the Dual Shock controller

Sony got sued for patent infringement and lost.

<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_Shock#Vibration_function_suit" target="_newWindow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_Shock#Vibration_function_suit</a>

[viktor_za]

Sony, tut tut tut...

Hey Sony what's up ?

You screw us with the rootkit. You screw us again with the tools to unscrew us with the rootkit. Now it appears you tried to screw this dude out of what is rightfully his.

Sony, sony, sony.

Go away. Who needs you. Dissapear.

Mend your ways you money grabbing scrooge or you will be abandoned by me and others if you continue on your current course.

[heystoopid]

Hmm, just how much does SONY owe him now?

Hmm, I wonder how much,over 20 years worth of back royalty payments, plus interest ,plus all legal fees comes to?

Oh well, it does show that SONY has a long history of piracy, going way back!

This bad news year, for SONY, just keeps getting beter!

Oh well, at least I know what company to avoid like like a plague, at this rate it may not be arround much longer to honour any warranty on any of it's products!

[grey_eminence]

Sony and other Blu-Ray companies probably

trying to pull the same thing on the patents of an inventor of a new atomic holographic storage created in America by an American.