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WelcomeReturning Students The Weather· Today: Sunny, 75°F (24°C) Tonight: loudy, 63°F (17°C) Tomorrow: Cloudy, 80°F (27°C) Detail , Page 2 Cambridge, Massachusett 02139 Thursday, Augu t 30, 2001 By Jeffrey Greenbaum STAFF REPORTER Institute Sues Over Digital TVLicensing In yesterday's freshman housing By Jennifer Krishnan the lawsuit. lottery, over 80 percent of the 679 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th NEWS EDITOR "We believe that a rather large lottery entrants received one of their er 85 1 MIT has announced that they are number of companies that are mak- top two choices. suing Sony Electronics, Inc. for man- ing digital television or components "We tried to maximize the Bexley 16 1 ufacturing and selling digital televi- of digital television will be or are amount of people who got their first BurtoD-Connor 42 49 2 sions that use components and tech- operating under the claims of our or second choice," said Denise Val- East Campus 41 32 13 nologies patented by the Institute. patents," Nelsen said. lay, manager of Undergraduate Resi- iCG~or 99 In the lawsuit, MIT alleges that Mack Araki, a representative of dential Services. In order to accom- ewHouse 39 13 5 "Sony has directly infringed ... on Sony, said the corporation would plish this, the Office of Residential [the patents in question] by manu- not discuss the pending litigation. Life and Student Life Programs Next House 56 32 facturing, .,. selling, and/or offering (RLSLP) ran the lottery three time , Random 14 4 to sell ... the said digital systems Sony less cooperative than others and selected the results in which the SeDior House '1 11 4 and components." "We have offered license for greatest number of freshmen received Unassigned "MIT has a large part of patents these patents to the companies ..
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