Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Dig Your Own

Gameindustry.biz today ran an article entitled Sony wins PSP import case against Nuplayer, Online retailer responds by taking European PSP pre-orders at below RRP

Kamal Sharma of Nuplayer Limited is reported to have said "Sony has no right to stop us selling PSPs obtained from sources in Europe. The same law Sony used to stop us selling PSPs is the same law we're using to legally sell European products".

It appears Nuplayer intends on supplying the PSP by hook or by crook but with obvious bitterness he goes on to say "If Sony offered to make me an official distributor now, I would categorically say no, because I would have to sell at the RRP and would only receive a small allocation."

Regarding the enforcement campaign against import imported PSP Consoles and Games, the article also reported action apparently proceedings outside the UK, citing Lik-Sang as another target: "Sony has declared its intention to take action against the retailer, telling GamesIndustry.biz: "We have contacted Lik-Sang regarding imports as other infringers."

"We are actively considering legal remedies available to us and are approaching all known importers in the same way.""

Who is profiting here? Lik-Sang must be doing well considering Sonys attention to domestic competition. And who manufactures these products again?

Meanwhile the action against ElectricBirdLand Limited is ongoing and the next Court hearing date is scheduled for August 17th.

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