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Lawyers for Sony and LG Electronics are facing off in a Dutch court over an LG-requested seizure by Dutch customs agents of Sony PlayStation 3 imports earlier this month.
The Netherlands has become an unexpected battleground in a wider patent clash between the two companies after South Korea's LG quietly obtained permission from the Breda District Court on Feb. 28 to have the video game consoles seized.
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LG convinced the Breda court that it had enough evidence for a summary judgment under Dutch law and if Sony had been warned ahead of time, the Japanese company might have moved the consoles to a different European jurisdiction.
Sony has denied LG's claims of patent violations. The hearing Thursday is the first time Sony will be able to respond in court.
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