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//www.Lik-Sang.com

Important Notice: Lik-Sang.com Out of Business due to Multiple Sony Lawsuits
Tue Oct 24 2006 21:58:51 Hong Kong Time - Corporate Info

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OUT OF BUSINESS NOTICE

Hong Kong, October 24th of 2006 - Lik-Sang.com, the popular gaming retailer from Hong Kong, has today announced that it is forced to close down due to multiple legal actions brought against it by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Sony claimed that Lik-Sang infringed its trade marks, copyright and registered design rights by selling Sony PSP consoles from Asia to European customers, and have recently obtained a judgment in the High Court of London (England) rendering Lik-Sang's sales of PSP consoles unlawful.

As of today, Lik-Sang.com will not be in the position to accept any new orders and will cancel and refund all existing orders that have already been placed. Furthermore, Lik-Sang is working closely with banks and PayPal to refund any store credits held by the company, and the customer support department is taking care of any open transactions such as pending RMAs or repairs and shipping related matters. The staff of Lik-Sang will make sure that nobody will get hurt in the crossfire of this ordeal.

A Sony spokesperson declined to comment directly on the lawsuit against Lik-Sang, but recently went on to tell Gamesindustry.biz that "ultimately, we're trying to protect consumers from being sold hardware that does not conform to strict EU or UK consumer safety standards, due to voltage supply differences et cetera; is not - in PS3's case - backwards compatible with either PS1 or PS2 software; will not play European Blu-Ray movies or DVDs; and will not be covered by warranty".

Lik Sang strongly disagrees with Sony's opinion that their customers need this kind of protection and pointed out that PSP consoles shipped from Lik-Sang contained genuine Sony 100V-240V AC Adapters that carry CE and other safety marks and are compatible world wide. All PSP consoles were in conformity with all EU and UK consumer safety regulations.

Furthermore, Sony have failed to disclose to the London High Court that not only the world wide gaming community in more than 100 countries relied on Lik-Sang for their gaming needs, but also Sony Europe's very own top directors repeatedly got their Sony PSP hard or software imports in nicely packed Lik-Sang parcels with free Lik-Sang Mugs or Lik-Sang Badge Holders, starting just two days after Japan's official release, as early as 14th of December 2004 (more than nine months earlier than the legal action). The list of PSP related Sony Europe orders reads like the who's who of the videogames industry, and includes Ray Maguire (Managing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Alan Duncan (UK Marketing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Chris Sorrell (Creative Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Rob Parkin (Development Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited), just to name a few.

"Today is Sony Europe victory about PSP, tomorrow is Sony Europe’s ongoing pressure about PlayStation 3. With this precedent set, next week could already be the stage for complaints from Sony America about the same thing, or from other console manufacturers about other consoles to other regions, or even from any publisher about any specific software title to any country they don’t see fit. It’s the beginning of the end... of the World as we know it", stated Pascal Clarysse, formerly known as the Marketing Manager of Lik-Sang.com.

"Blame it on Sony. That's the latest dark spot in their shameful track record as gaming industry leader. The Empire finally 'won', few dominating retailers from the UK probably will rejoice the news, but everybody else in the gaming world lost something today."

Damn you Sony!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hanafuda]

I never got a free Lik-Sang mug or badge holder. I bet Lik-Sang wishes no they had given a few more of those free mugs to average regular customers instead of Sony's fat cats.

I'm glad they named some names and laid it out on the table. I intend to let others know. It was one thing when (I think Nintendo) stopped Lik-Sang from selling flashcarts a few years ago, but simple importing of hardware and games? These big corporations only want a free world economy to the extent it allows them to outsource their labor to the third world for slave wages, but they don't want it for the consumer. Bastiches.

[kyus]

Meh. I couldn't care less. They overcharge and never mark down the value when sending to the UK. This is a good opportunity for the little guys to breathe more freely now.

[dimsum411]

true, there are other import sites, but Lik-Sang was synonymous with the sales of imports.

[nickwp]

There goes my wii preorder  
Now I'll be really low in the queue if I preorder at another site - that or have to actually queue up on the release date, which being in the UK is ages after everywhere else.

Oh well

Sony Europe's very own top directors repeatedly got their Sony PSP hard or software imports in nicely packed Lik-Sang parcels with free Lik-Sang Mugs or Lik-Sang Badge Holders, starting just two days after Japan's official release, as early as 14th of December 2004 (more than nine months earlier than the legal action). The list of PSP related Sony Europe orders reads like the who's who of the videogames industry, and includes Ray Maguire (Managing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Alan Duncan (UK Marketing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Chris Sorrell (Creative Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Rob Parkin (Development Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited), just to name a few.

That bit just made me laugh though.

[DeVS]

Meh. I couldn't care less. They overcharge and never mark down the value when sending to the UK. This is a good opportunity for the little guys to breathe more freely now.

Agree 100%!

[Hanafuda]

Meh. I couldn't care less. They overcharge and never mark down the value when sending to the UK. This is a good opportunity for the little guys to breathe more freely now.

Agree 100%!

you think this won't have a "chilling effect" on the video games import market? i mean who else wants to get crushed by Sony?

[kyus]

Nope. Sony are definately gonna be glad about this, as it detracts from all the awful ps3 press they've recently garnered, but the fact of the matter still remains. Right now sony are a quivering mass over the outcome of the next few months.

[NT]

Nope. Sony are definately gonna be glad about this, as it detracts from all the awful ps3 press they've recently garnered, but the fact of the matter still remains. Right now sony are a quivering mass over the outcome of the next few months.

I would consider this to be more bad press though.

[ked22]

This is retarded. Why would they file a lawsuit against a company that is barely doing something wrong, when there are companys that sell PSP modchips out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Haoie]

Meh. I couldn't care less. They overcharge and never mark down the value when sending to the UK. This is a good opportunity for the little guys to breathe more freely now.

Agree 100%!

you think this won't have a "chilling effect" on the video games import market? i mean who else wants to get crushed by Sony?

Chilling effect? I can't believe anyone would use that line but me [antitrust research is what I'm doing at the moment].

[Thundrestrike]

i should go pirate some sony psp games now :evil:
they deserve it now :doubt:

[popinadam]

i should go pirate some sony psp games now :evil:
they deserve it now :doubt:

You and me both ... NFS and THPS 4 Life!@

[Devil_Spawn]

i should go pirate some sony psp games now :evil:
they deserve it now :doubt:

pff more like steal a truck full o psp's and games then break a  few and send them to sony with the words lik sang scraped onto the screens



(jk)

[sardaukar]

Sony is so f***ing retarded. I hope the PS3 crashes and burns.