Sony Ordered to Pay 5.1M Yen To Ex-Employee

Sony has been ordered to pay a former employee 5.1 million yen for an invention used in the original PlayStation.

Hidehiro Kume, 58, had been seeking 100 million yen for his invention of a small optical pickup used to play and record data on optical discs for the popular game consoles sold in 2003 and before. ''I thank the court for identifying some of my contributions to the company,'' Kume told a news conference after the court ruling. ''But the company should have appreciated my contributions when I was an employee.''

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