Lik Sang () was a popular distributor of Asian electronics. The company sold import games, toys, figures, anime-related items, and obscure adapters and controllers for various video game platforms. Lik Sang closed as of October 24, 2006, as a result of multiple lawsuits filed against them by Sony. History Launch Lik-Sang was established in 1998 in Hong Kong. It became well known for its sales of modchips for video game consoles that enabled the normally locked-down consoles to play import and homebrew games, but it also allowed the use of pirated video games. The modchips were not all physical chips; they included devices such as flash cartridges that allow Game Boy users to upload ROMs and homebrew applications onto the device, and play them as if it were a regular gaming cartridge. Legal issues In 2002, the company was sued by major video game console producers, such as Sony Computer Entertainment, Nintendo and Microsoft Corporation, alleging contributory copyright infringement as the modchips (and other related devices) enabled playing of unauthorized video game titles on those consoles. The High Court of Hong Kong granted injunctions preventing Lik-Sang from selling these devices. After these suits, Lik-Sang began expanding its area of expertise by reinventing itself (under a new owner) as a vendor of legitimate, but obscure, accessories, such as consumer electronics, games, merchandise, and t-shirts. Partnering with independent developers Lik-Sang was a strong supporter of the Dreamcast Community, in 2003 they partnered with Dreamcast-Scene (DCS) and GOAT Store to promote independently developed games, they had an exclusive deal with GOAT Store that made them the sole distributor of all independently released games until their demise in 2006. With GOAT Store Publishing they distributed 4 games offering free shipping all over the world. Closure In August 2005, the company was once again in legal trouble, this time from Sony. Lik-Sang had imported PlayStation Portable devices from areas where they were available, and re-exported them to UK customers before the UK release date, which Sony alleged was a violation of trademark rights. Lik-Sang continued shipping PSPs, claiming Hong Kong's trademark law follows the principle of international exhaustion of trademark rights and therefore allows an item to be traded freely once it appears in a market anywhere in the world. On October 18, 2006, the High Court in London (Patents Court) ruled the shipments were indeed in breach of Sony's rights. The following day, Lik-Sang