Form 6-K


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

                                    FORM 6-K


                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

                      Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                          For the month of January 2007
                        Commission File Number: 001-06439


                                SONY CORPORATION
                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

             7-35 KITASHINAGAWA 6-CHOME, SHINAGAWA-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN

                    (Address of principal executive offices)

          The registrant files annual reports under cover of Form 20-F.



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant  files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F,

                  Form 20-F  X                   Form 40-F __


Indicate by check mark whether the  registrant  by  furnishing  the  information
contained  in this  Form is  also  thereby  furnishing  the  information  to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Yes No X


If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):82-______



                                   SIGNATURE


Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                                            SONY CORPORATION
                                                              (Registrant)


                                         By:  /s/  Nobuyuki Oneda
                                                      (Signature)
                                         Nobuyuki Oneda
                                         Executive Vice President and
                                         Chief Financial Officer

Date: January 3, 2007

List of materials

Documents attached hereto:


i) Press release announcing Kodak and Sony Have Entered Into a Broad Cross
   License Agreement and Settled Their Ongoing Patent Litigations



  Kodak and Sony Have Entered Into a Broad Cross License Agreement and Settled
                        Their Ongoing Patent Litigations


Sony Corporation ("Sony") today announced that Sony and Eastman Kodak Company
("Kodak") have entered into a cross license agreement under which Sony and Kodak
will each have broad access to the other's patent portfolio. Specific terms of
the agreement were not disclosed.

Sony and Kodak have also entered into a settlement agreement resolving certain
outstanding patent litigations.

This license and settlement will have no material impact on Sony's consolidated
earnings forecast announced on October 19, 2006.



Sony Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, is a leading manufacturer of audio,
video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and
professional markets. Its music, motion picture, television, computer
entertainment, and online businesses make Sony one of the most comprehensive
entertainment companies in the world. Sony's principal U.S. businesses include
Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Sony Computer
Entertainment America Inc., and a 50% interest in Sony BMG Music Entertainment,
one of the largest recorded music companies in the world. Sony recorded
consolidated annual sales of approximately $64 billion for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2006, and it employs 158,500 people worldwide. For more information
visit www.sony.com

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