Sony Drops Suit

Sony is withdrawing the patent infringement it had brought against Connectix. The suit, filed in February alleging that Connectix's Virtual Game Station Playstation emulator violated Sony patents, was dropped just one day before it was to go to trial. "While we recognize that Sony may still attempt to bring some of these claims back before the court at a later date, this represents the third victory in a row for Connectix in this case, said Connectix CEO Roy McDonald, "We hope that at some point Sony will recognize the merits of cooperating with us in giving added flexibility to consumers and fans of the Playstation." Sony had two remaining copyright claims pending against Connectix.