In 2012, the GPHI filed lawsuit against Apple, Sony, HTC Corp, LG Electronics Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., Research in Motion Ltd. for allegedly violating patent relating to a computer graphics process that turns text and images into pixels to be displayed on screens.

In 2012, after Sony acquired Ericsson's 50 % stake forming Sony Mobile Communications, Sony decided to currently put the Walkman line as a line of personal stereo products, thus currently ceasing production of new Walkman phones, but not stopping support of old Walkman phones.

In 2012, the company announced that Sony and Fujifilm offer of forming a capital alliance and the company would downsizing imaging business portfolio and then will focus on Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera ( MILC ).

On September 28, 2012, Olympus and Sony announced that the two companies will establish a joint venture to develop new surgical endoscopes with 4K resolution ( or higher ) and 3D capability.

* The Thelonious Monk Quartet Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection ( 2012, 6 CD, Sony )

In September 2012, a year after the attack, a rebuilt Sony Distribution Centre was opened by David Cameron, the current Prime Minister.

On 22 March 2012, Sony Music Entertainment announced that remastered editions of Isn't Anything and Loveless would be released in May 2012.

Following the 2012 LA screenings, the network announced that it will let go its output deal with Sony Pictures, but retain its output deal with Warner Bros ..

On June 25, 2012, Sony and Panasonic announced a joint venture for creating low cost mass production OLED televisions by 2013.

A French album of all new material is to be released on 7 February 2012 on the Sony label, Clark's first in that language since the late 1970s.

Both albums were subsequently released by Sony 27 August 2012 as 3 disc sets.

In 2012, Sony released the HDR-PJ200 and HDR-PJ260.

The period from 2000 to 2012 has included Sorayama's organic design of Sony AIBO robotic pet dog co-winning ( with Sony ) Japan's Grand Prize of best design awards ( the highest design award conferred by Japan ); Sorayama's Sony AIBO robotic pet design was placed into the permanent collections of MOMA and the Smithsonian Institute Museum ; MOMA's published book " Objects of Design " by Paola Antonelli included Sorayama's and Sony's AIBO along with other noteworthy designs where form and function combine in harmony.

On February 28, 2012, it was announced that Sony will be releasing season 2 on DVD on April 3, 2012 under the Choice Collection label.

* SingTel also converted KBS World into HD 16: 9 Format and Sony ONE HD will have both English and Chinese Subtitle from 17 September 2012

As of the end of the first quarter in 2012, Sony is the last remaining magneto optical disk manufacturer.

* 2012 Sony introduces the " Smart Tags ", which use NFC technology to change modes and profiles on a Sony smartphone at close range, included in the package of ( and " perfectly paired " with ) the Sony Xperia P Smartphone released the same year.

" The Soul between Body and Immortality: The 13th Century Debate on the Definition of the Human Rational Soul as Form and Substance ", in: Philosophia: E-Journal of Philosophy and Culture, 1 / 2012.

* 210: 951 Brownsville / Laredo / San Antonio, TX ( GTE ) ( deprecated, 951 is available for reassignment as of 2012.

* 216: 331 Akron / Canton / Cleveland / Lorain / Youngstown, OH ( deprecated, 331 is available for assignment as a new CO code as of 2012.

* 219: 550 Gary / Hammond / Michigan City / Southbend, IN ( deprecated, 550 is available for reassignment as of 2012.

* 219: 559 Gary / Hammond / Michigan City / Southbend, IN ( deprecated, 559 is available for reassignment as of 2012.

As Amani Elobeid and John Beghin note, the world price might decline by as much as 48 % ( by 2011 / 2012 baselines ) were these distortions to be removed

20 Sept. 2012 < http :// www. newadvent. org / cathen / 01132c. htm Adam was accepted among the capitulars of Bremen, and by 1069 he appeared as director of the cathedral's school.

Currently as of 2012, TelBru is deploying its high speed FTTH network capable of 100Mbit / s through a contract awarded to HuaWei.

After the completion of the Plovdiv-Dimitrovgrad high-speed line on 1 July 2012 the top operating speed was raised to 200 km / h and the national top speed record of 197 km / h set between Iskar and Elin Pelin with a leased Siemens Taurus electric locomotive is soon expected to be broken.

It is expected that the BBC News Channel will relocate, along with other BBC news services including BBC World News to the newly refurbished Broadcasting House in late 2012 / early 2013, after completion of the new television news studios has taken place and it will be relaunched.

No. 1 ( Commander / Leader ) for the 2011 – 2012 seasons was originally Commander Dave Koss ; effective 27 May 2011, Koss " stepped down Friday in the wake of a subpar performance at a Virginia air show.

< http :// www. oed. com / view / Entry / 39766 >; accessed 20 March 2012 .</ ref > Other sources pre-date this use by nearly four decades to at least 1871, where it is used in The Journal of Mental Science reporting on a conference of the Fifth Quarterly Meeting of the Medico-Psychological Association ( now the Royal College of Psychiatrists ), held on Thursday, January 27th, 1870:

As of 2012, major equipment items reported by the IISS included ten T-55 tanks ( marked as potentially unserviceable ), 5 AMX-13 light tanks, 34 reconnaissance vehicles, 10 BMP-1 / 2 armoured infantry fighting vehicles, 41 wheeled APCs, and 36 + artillery pieces.

In September 2012, there was outrage after ATV broadcast a news article claiming that opponents of Hong Kong's pro-CCP " National Education " classes for students were " destructive forces " which were backed by London and Washington and seek to " destroy Hong Kong by all possible means ".

Starting January 2012, nine original daily programs produced by Caixin, China ’ s top independent media outfit, will air on ATV World, offering intelligent, incisive views and an insider perspective on China ’ s fast-changing economic landscape.

September 2012 marked the end of an era for Hodges as EMI folded into Sony ATV.

The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).

On April 12, 2012, Bir and 30 other officers were taken in custody for their role in the 1997 military memorandum that forced the then Turkish government, led by the Islamist Welfare Party, to step down.

Ultimately, these issues have led to a souring of relationships with the erstwhile bandmates, who still have not resolved their personal differences as of 2012.

In Siam, regional power struggles among several kingdoms in the region led to a large diaspora of ethnic Lao between the 1700s-1800s by Siamese rulers to settle large areas of the Siamese kingdom's northeast region, where Lao ethnicity is still a major factor in 2012.

His declining production in 2011 and 2012 led to him being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

This has led to a high rate of poverty in Ghana, estimated at 27 % of the population in 2011, and an increase in crime, with Ghana jumping from 42nd position in 2011 to 50th position in the 2012 Global Peace Index.

In March 2012, Prince Harry led an official visit to Belize as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

In February 2012, Dalglish led Liverpool to their first trophy in six years, with victory in the 2011 – 12 Football League Cup.

In the same season he also led Liverpool to the 2012 FA Cup Final where they lost 2 – 1 to Chelsea.

Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik was sworn in as President of the Maldives on 7 February 2012, in connection to the resignation of President Nasheed amidst weeks of protests and demonstrations led by local police dissidents who opposed Nasheed ’ s 16 January order for the military to arrest Abdulla Mohamed, the Chief Justice of the Criminal Court.

The current President of the Maldives is former Senior Member of UNICEF, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, who was sworn into office on 7 February 2012 when his predecessor, Mohamed Nasheed resigned following weeks of protests led by police.

In January 2012 an insurgency began, led by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad.

In January 2012 an insurgency has begun, led by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad.

In his April 2012 appearance before the Leveson Inquiry Rupert Murdoch stated that the " notorious " headline was both " tasteless and wrong " and led to the editor Kelvin MacKenzie receiving a reprimand.

The news of funding led to a rise in risk premium Spanish to very high levels and a strong fall of the stock exchange in Madrid in June and July 2012.

In April 2012 Shafer led a group of editors to write a joint statement, in the form of an ultimatum made available to the public, to a large number of academic institutions where Fujii had been employed, offering these institutions the chance to attest to the integrity of the bulk of the allegedly fraudulent papers.

This series was planned to last the gallery's first five years, but the popularity of the series has led to its extension until at least 2012.

The church was led by Moon until his death on September 3, 2012, at which time, it was reported that his wife Hak Ja Han and their sons Hyung Jin Moon and Kook Jin Moon would assume the leadership of the church.

In September 2011, Putin and Medvedev announced he would seek a third, non-consecutive term in the 2012 presidential election, an announcement which led to large-scale protests in many Russian cities.

Although this session never took place, it led to press rumours of a planned-but-abandoned supergroup named HELP ( Hendrix-Emerson-Lake-Palmer ) which survived for over forty years until Lake finally debunked them in 2012.

Its lack of widespread popularity outside Eastern Europe has led to calls for its removal from the Olympic Games in recent years ; however, following a vote by the IOC on July 8, 2005, it has remained in the Olympic program at least through 2012.

In spite of the event's strong pedigree in the modern Olympics, and its status as the only event created specifically for the modern Olympic Games, its lack of widespread popularity outside Eastern Europe has led to calls for its removal from the Olympic Games in recent years ; however, a vote by the IOC on July 8, 2005, keeps it in the Olympic program at least until 2012.

In a 2012 study, led by neuroscientists at the University of Bristol, it was discovered that a cellular mechanism known as sodium channels was playing a direct role in the changing of activity of neurons, leading to a cognitive decline of the human brain.

This led to the formation of the Hillsborough Independent Panel, which, in September 2012, concluded that no Liverpool fans were responsible for the deaths, and that attempts had been made by the authorities to conceal what had happened, including the amendment of 164 statements relating to the disaster by the police.

The Municipal Council of Genoa is led by a left-wing majority, elected in May 2012.