Over the weekend, we reported that Toshiba had filed a complaint with the U.S. ITC, claiming that Daewoo and 16 other companies had violated their DVD patents. Toshiba announced this morning that they've also filed a lawsuit against these companies, demanding monetary damages and an injunction prohibiting them from selling DVD-related products in the United States.
Toshiba Corporation announced today that on April 6, 2007, Toshiba and Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. filed a formal complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) against 17 manufacturers and importers of DVD players, DVD recorders and other DVD-related products, as a means to halt infringement of Toshiba's DVD patents. Toshiba's filing requests that the ITC prohibit the importation into the United States of DVD players, DVD recorders and other DVD-related products by the companies named in the complaint. In a related move, Toshiba also filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on the same day, seeking damages resulting from infringement of Toshiba's DVD patents by the same 17 companies.
If you'd like to read more, Toshiba's entire press release can be found here.
