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TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp said on Friday shipments of its PlayStation 3 game consoles were being seized by tariff officers in the Holland mass a suite enjoinment initiated by LG Electronics over a papers dispute.

Sony declined to give boost details, locution it was still hunting into the problem. South Korea's LG Electronics said it would not interpret on pending legal matters.

Britain's Guardian newspaper said earlier this hebdomad that tens of thousands of the consoles had been seized in the Holland in distinction with a 10-day goods forbiddance sequential by a Dutch court.

The profession effort comes after Sony and LG Electronics failed to restore a profession sharing commendation when it terminated three years ago, a mortal old with the development said.

The digit profession giants have since sued apiece another over alleged papers infringements. Sony filed a upset against LG with the U.S. International Trade Commission terminal year, hunt to block LG from transport its Rumor Touch and several another smartphones to the United States.

LG filed a upset to the commission terminal month, locution that Sony's PlayStation 3 infringed on its Blu-ray video technology.

The Holland is an important entry saucer for Sony's imports to Europe, but a mortal old with the concern said the consort is hunt alternatives and does not wait its regional sales to be badly affected by the temporary ban.

(Reporting by Isabel Reynolds in Tokyo and Miyoung Kim in Seoul; Editing by carpenter Radford)

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