You've heard of the PSP-controlled car, right? Here's another PSP accessory that never quite got off the drawing board: a gun controller accessory for the PSP-1000.

Apart from the Warhawk + Space = Starhawk trademark that Sony filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office, there is apparently another one, and this time, it's for "Dominion".

I haven't really kept up with the Front Mission series after the third one, but that may soon change as it looks like Square Enix is planning to bring a new Front Mission game to North America.

Imagine using your PSP as a controller for a toy car. Cool, huh? Now, check out that image plastered at the full article. Hey, what do you know! It's a PSP that looks to be controlling a toy car, just like you imagined! Yes, and that picture is actually a Sony patent application. Oh, the possibilities!

Right off the bat, I will say that this does not have anything to do with FF7's Cloud Strife. It could, however, be related to the Lifestream - but that already's a bit of a stretch. See, when you're talking Internet jargon, a cloud basically refers to a network of resources. Cloud computing comes in when you have that cloud sharing resources for a common goal. Yes, think Folding@Home. But what's the next step for Sony?

Well now here's something definitely interesting. Tipster bitwreck sent this in; he just sniffed out a patent that was filed by Sony Japan. But... what is it?

Many thanks to bitwreck for sniffing this out and sending us the tip!

These patent infringement lawsuits really are getting out of hand. This time, Sony, Nintendo and Nokia are being sued over a patent for an invention that will "allow an operator to distribute messages having aural or visual content that is generated by the operator using handheld apparatuses such as mobile telephones."

I'm wondering why they stopped at three companies. They should sue every major electronics company while they're at it.

*Cheesy advisory message voice* Are you out of money? Is your bank account dry? Then patent any old thing you can think of, then sue a video game company!

After a two-year court battle, Agere Systems won its patent infringement lawsuit against Sony, who was forced to pay the amount of US$ 18.5 million for their tech that have "wireless local area network apparatus." Details after the link.

Earlier this month, rumors of a Western release for Monster Hunter Portable 2ng G sparked anew when Capcom mentioned a certain "Monster Hunter Unite" in one of their surveys. Well, guess what? Capcom has filed a trademark for "Monster Hunter Freedom Unite"!

This news is just about to fire up more theories regarding the much-desired PSP Phone. Sony has just been awarded patent rights for a "hand-held [sic] device with touchscreen and digital tactile pixels." While there's nothing in it to clearly indicate this is for a PSP Phone, it still feeds our imaginations something mighty, don't it? Read more after the jump.