In a statement today posted on the front page of LikSang.com, the company unveiled their downfall from import stardom.

“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.”

It saddens me that Sony felt that this sort of action was necessary to take on a relatively small company who were just trying to provide a service for gaming fans the world over. I really don’t understand why selling products from one country to another is classed as illegal, supermarkets import foods all the time from other counties. I really am not the biggest fan of Sony as of late and they are certainly not helping themselves win over the gaming community with the imminent launch of their overpriced, overzealous “PLAYSTATION3″.

I wonder what the team at playasia think about this…

Source: http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3901

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