Det populære Hong Kong-site Lik-Sang, der for kun uger siden reklamerede med at kunder verden over ville kunne købe en PSP eller Nintendo DS til en favorabel pris og bagefter får den tilsendt uden fragtomkostninger, er blevet sagsøgt af Sony.
Sony mener at Link-Sang, ved at sælge til engelske kunder, overtræder loven og firmaet vil derfor have al handel med England stoppet øjeblikkeligt. Faktisk så kræver Sony at Lik-Sang ikke sælger PSP-maskiner til nogle europæiske lande. Desuden sagsøger Sony Lik-Sang for tilbage i juni at have genproduceret PSP-manualen og for at have lagt den online.
I en officiel udtalelse fra Lik-Sang fremgår det at online-butikken både er forundret over søgsmålet og at firmaet ikke mener at have gjort noget forkert:
"This lawsuit comes as a complete surprise to Lik-Sang.com, given that the laws of Hong Kong are clear when it comes to parallel trade. Hong Kong's legislation is based on the fact that allowing parallel and free trade will restore natural competition and benefit consumers with lower prices. Hong Kong, one of the pioneering countries respecting worldwide exhaustion of trademark rights, allows free trade once an item entered the market for sale."
Pascal Clarysse, Lik-Sangs marketingchef knyttede følgende kommentar til den officielle udtalelse:
"This is the most aggressive move against its own customers that a console manufacturer has taken in the 30 year history of videogames. Sony wants to completely cut hardcore gamers away from items released in Japan or anywhere else outside their own country. A very active part of the gaming community has been enjoying Japanese gaming culture for over two decades, and that's what the Empire is now willing to destroy."