Sony Loses Alice Bid To Toss Patents In PlayStation 4 Suit

By Dorothy Atkins ( October 5, 2016, 7:24 PM EDT) -- A California federal judge on Wednesday denied Sony Corp. 's bid to toss allegations that its PlayStation 4 and Blu-ray players infringe two patents owned by its rivals, finding that coding methods that improve video processing speeds are inventive concepts patentable under the U. S. Supreme Court's Alice decision. . . .

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