Ampex trying to block imports of Sony PDAs and digital cameras

We can't be bothered to investigate whether their claims are legit or not (you know how these things go), but Ampex thinks that Sony has run afoul of a couple of their patents related to image storage and retrieval and is trying to get the International Trade Commission to block the importation of Sony digital cameras and PDAs into the United States (as long as they're banning Sony stuff, they should bar that new
Network Walkman, too). Anyway, maybe nobody bothered to tell Ampex, but Sony is already way ahead of them and announced a few weeks ago that they were going to self-ban, er, stop sales of their Clie line of handhelds in the States. We'll have to see whether Ampex will actually be able to force Sony to stop selling digital cameras here, but for what it's worth they're also suing Sanyo.