Lik-Sang's demise caused by multiple Sony lawsuits

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LLik-Sang's demise caused by multiple Sony lawsuits

Because of multiple lawsuits filed by Sony, Hong Kong gaming retailer Lik-Sang finally succumbed and bid the industry goodbye. As of today, Lik-Sang is no longer operational, following the ruling of the High Court of London regarding the retailer's sale of PSP consoles. According to the decision, Lik-Sang's act was unlawful as it infringed on Sony's trademarks, copyright, and registered design rights by engaging in gray importation.

The main stand of Sony, through a spokesperson's statement to Gamesindustry.biz recently, was that they ultimately had the customers' best interests at heart. They claim that it would be to the disadvantage of the consumer if they were sold hardware that fails to conform to strict EU or UK consumer safety standards.

Lik-Sang, however, vehemently disagrees with Sony's claims, citing that the PSP consoles that they ship contain genuine Sony 100V-240V AC Adapters, which carry CE and other safety marks, compatible worldwide. Furthermore, all the handhelds did actually conform with all EU and UK consumer safety regulations. Therefore, the necessity issue for consumer-protection raised by Sony was non-existent at best.

Lik-Sang also points out the irony that while Sony was berating them for supposedly infringing on their rights, they conveniently failed to disclose to the High Court of London that Sony Europe's very own top directors allegedly received their PSP hard or software imports from Lik-Sang, starting just two days after it officially came out in Japan, complete with accompanying free Lik-Sang merchandise, like mugs or badge holders.

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Everyone is dissapointed at Sony for doing this, Lik-Sang was the most popular online gaming shop for overseas.
 
Sony just shot themselves in the foot by suing by far Asia's largest gaming retailer? Doesn't sound too different from what they ususally do.

*moves along*
 
Ck Nish said:
Sony just shot themselves in the foot by suing by far Asia's largest gaming retailer? Doesn't sound too different from what they ususally do.

*moves along*
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But what else should they do??? :S
 
It's understandable that Sony's upset but running one of your best gateways to the western world hardly makes any sense. It's not like they were selling illegal goods or something.
 
Ck Nish said:
It's understandable that Sony's upset but running one of your best gateways to the western world hardly makes any sense. It's not like they were selling illegal goods or something.
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they were selling the best & the latest modchips the day they were released to all the overseas buyers. hehe. although this is not illegal, u cant blame sony.
 
Lik-Sang sells mod chips? It is illegal but that was never mentioned as being one of the causes of the lawsuits. The real issue as Sony claims was grey-marketing.
 
Dailytech

Sony Admits Its Directors Illegally Imported PSPs
They say it was done solely for "educational purposes"
In the latest episode of the Lik-Sang Saga, Sony admits that its senior staff bought PSPs from what are now deemed illegal sources, reports the BBC.

The UK High Court ruled last week that gaming e-tailer Lik-Sang's importation of Japanese PSPs to the UK and European Economic Area as illegal, citing that Japanese units were not certified to European safety standards. Sony then took legal action against Lik-Sang, which purportedly caused the e-tailer to shutdown.

Lik-Sang subsequently posted a notice on its Web site explaining the reason behind its closure, plus naming several Sony directors who illegally imported PSP units through the site.

Sony responded by denying any direct involvement in the shutdown of Lik-Sang while expressing its surprise that the e-tailer would reveal the specific names of its customers.

Sony admits its directors have bought PSPs from Lik-Sang, but are defending their actions by saying they the products were bought in order to check the nature of the goods that were being sold.

According to the BBC, the latest development in the grey-market crackdown is that a British judge ruled that it is illegal for the firm to import the Japanese version of PlayStation 3s into Europe ahead of its official release in March 2007.

The European gaming population will face more challenges than ever in importing Sony hardware. Sony, however, believes European gamers to be a patient bunch.
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