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Sony Corp.

SNE is in the Technology Industry

Market Cap:$29.0B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$70.5B

Public
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Dow Jones Description

The Sony Group is primarily focused on the Electronics (such as AV/IT products & components), Game (such as PlayStation), Entertainment (such as motion pictures and music), and Financial Services (such as insurance and banking) sectors. Not only do we represent a wide range of businesses, but we remain globally unique. Our aim is to fully leverage this uniqueness in aggressively carrying out our convergence strategy so that we can continue to emotionally touch and excite our customers.

Number of Employees 171,300

Contact Information

1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku

Shinagawa-ku

Tokyo 108-0075

www.sony.net

(81) 3 5448 2180

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing: 334310

Company News

Recent Events

Gran Turismo

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Bluray Disk Format Is More Efficient Than Traditional DVD Technology

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Outside the Box: A Look at How Outside Services Are Effecting the Big 3

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Megan Fox Smokes 'Em on the Cliffhanger

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God of War III - Demo Carnage Montage

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Sony Pictures taps marketing chief

11/05/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - President - View Story
Rachmaninoff Returns To Carnegie Hall November 6, 2009 at 7:30 pm

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Johnny Depp traveling to "Tourist"

11/05/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - Other - View Story
Sony VAIO P Series Gets Windows 7

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Sony Creative Software releases 1,000 Ringtones DVD

11/07/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Android: Shaken or Stirred?

11/04/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Vizio Licenses Patents to Sony

11/06/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Sony Ericsson Introduces First Android Smartphone

11/03/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Sony Ericsson to Offer â€˜X10â€² Android Smartphone

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Sony Ericsson Unveils First Google Phone

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Smartphone

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Sony Ericsson Introduces Its First Android Device

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Sony Ericsson launches XPERIA X10 flagship Android-powered smartphone with custom UI

11/03/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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SmartSound and Sony Creative Software Reach Patent License Agreement

- 2007-05-14

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. -- SmartSound Software, Inc., the leading provider of music and scoring technology for film and video professionals, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Sony Creative Software to license SmartSound's patented automated music scoring processes for use in Sony Creative Software's Cinescore soundtrack creation product...

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Avistar Subsidiary Announces Patent License Agreement with Sony

- 2006-07-17

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Avistar Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:AVSR), a desktop video collaboration platform provider, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Collaboration Properties, Inc. CPI, today announced that CPI has entered into an agreement to license CPI's extensive patent portfolio on a non-exclusive, worldwide basis to Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE) and its subsidiaries, the...

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Acacia Technologies Enters into License Agreement with Sony Corporation

- 2006-03-31

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTG) (Nasdaq:CBMX) announced today that its Computer Docking Station Corporation subsidiary, which is part of its Acacia Technologies group, a leader in technology licensing, has entered into a license agreement with Sony Corporation covering patents that relate to laptop connectivity technology.

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Conspiracy Entertainment Receives Publishing License Agreement for Sony PSP

- 2005-02-22

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Conspiracy Entertainment (OTCBB:CPYE) today announced that they have been approved as a Sony PlayStation Portable PSP publisher for the North American territory. The company is already an approved publisher on the PlayStation and PlayStation2 platforms.

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Rambus Signs Technology License Agreements With Sony, Sony Computer Entertainment and Toshiba; Two New Interfaces Selected for Logic-to-Memory and Logic-to-Logic Connectivity

- 2003-01-06

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