Sony Wins UK Battle Over Sales Of Imported Playstation Portable Consoles
Summary Judgement Secured Against Online Retailer
19 JULY 2005
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has won its recent battle against importing and selling of its forthcoming PlayStation Portable console from Japan. In a recent case against online retailer Nuplayer Ltd, Mr Justice Lawrence Collins ruled that Nuplayer had no arguable defence and Summary Judgement was given.
Nuplayer have been ordered to pay substantial Costs and Damages to Sony for bringing the case against them and to hand over its remaining stock, details of sales, supplier data and some customer data.
SCEE claimed that the imported sales of the PSP console was undermining Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's million-pound marketing programme in run up to the console launch scheduled for 1 September.
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Notes to Editors
The PSP can play games, music and films and is set to rival the Apple iPod. The PSP console was initially launched in Japan in December 2004 and in the US in March 2005. Although the European launch was also expected to take place in March, this has been pushed back to September 2005 with manufacturing and supply shortages cited as the key reason.
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