As we reported a few weeks ago, Taiwan's top four media manufacturers filed a complaint with the FTC about Philips and its Veeza licensing system. DigiTimes has reported that they are now asking the FTC for permission to negotiate together for CD-R patent licensing.
The Taiwan-based disc makers on June 5 filed a legal complaint with the FTC against Philips for its Veeza CD-R patent licensing scheme, claiming Philips has violated Taiwan's Fair Trade Law, according to the Taiwan Information Storage Association (TISA), which spoke on behalf of the four companies.
Philips has been aggressive in asking individual disc maker to accept unreasonable conditions for patent licensing, the disc makers indicated. Therefore, they are now asking FTC for permission to negotiate together about patent licensing for the CD-R technologies, the companies said.
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