This is silly.
1. Why force a company to destroy all their chips if they can prove
that they own the technology patents and they can get royalties of
every unit?
2. This technology isn't something new, it's common sense. If this
is the case, why didn't IBM get sued for those super computers
they're famous for? The PS2 had this technology as well. Also, the
3 corporations investing in the cell had to research patents.
I smell a rat here and this news is being spread just to get
attention. Companies that do this should have their business
licenses revoked and fined the legal fees from resulting false
claims of patent rights.
Conspiracy theory #1
I'm thinking some big enterprise wants to bankrupt Sony and get
them out of the market. This big business is paying out big bucks
to disrupt consumer confidence by inviting smaller companies by
paying them to fund Sony. Sure, these little guys might have
something to make a big hoo-ha about, but seeing as how they would
rather destroy technology instead of collect royalties makes me
wonder what their agenda really is.
