SONY ELECTRONICS, INC. v. SOUNDVIEW TECHNOLOGIES

No. 3:00CV754 JBA.

157 F.Supp.2d 180 (2001)

SONY ELECTRONICS, INC., Consumer Electronics Assn., Electronic Industries, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. SOUNDVIEW TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Defendant. Soundview Technologies, Inc., Counterclaim Plaintiff, v. Sony Corporation of America, et al. Counterclaim Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

July 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale R. Peterson, Special Master, San Antonio, TX, pro se.

Jacqueline D. Bucar, S. Peter Sachner, Timothy P. Jensen, Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn, New Haven, CT, Richard L. DeLucia, Richard S. Gresalfi, Elizabeth A. Gardner, Kenyon & Kenyon, New York City, Richard M. Steuer, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, Gary M. Hoffman, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Garrard Russ Beeney, Jeffrey Scott, Sullivan & Cromwell, John M. DiMatteo, Michael Stacchini, Neal Feivelson, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, James Sicilian, Eric L. Sussman, Day, Berry & Howard, Hartford, CT, for consolidated plaintiffs.

Joseph L. Clasen, Robinson & Cole, Stamford, CT, John J. Bogdanski, David S. Monastersky, Howd & Ludorf, Hartford, CT, John-Henry McKim Steele, Votre & Associates, Kenneth A. Votre, Votre & Associates, New Haven, CT, Amy S. Owen, Miles & Stockbridge, McLean, VA, Raymond P. Niro, Paul C. Gibbons, John C. Janka, Robert P. Greenspoon, Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro, Chicago, IL, Eugene M. Cummings, David M. Mundt, Cook, Alex, McFarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler, Chicago, IL, for defednant.

Richard M. Steuer, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, Michael S. Culver, Oliff & Berridge, Alexandria, VA, for consolidated defendants.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION [DOC. # 159-1, # 159-2]

ARTERTON, District Judge.

Declaratory judgment defendant and counterclaim plaintiff Soundview Technologies, Inc. (Soundview) is the holder of a patent for technology related to the so-called "V-chip," a device mandated by the FCC to be included in all television sets manufactured after January 1, 2000, to allow parents to block the display of violent or sexually explicit programming, with the standards for the...

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