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Toshiba Corporation announced today that the Company filed a lawsuit in Germany against a German disc replicator of DVD discs on July 4, 2007. The suit was brought to the Düsseldorf Regional Court against EDD Bizz GmbH (EDD) and its managing director, Mr. Denny Holwerda, as a means to halt infringement of some of Toshiba's DVD patents. Toshiba seeks injunctive relief and declaration that EDD is liable for damages resulting from its infringement of Toshiba's DVD patents.Toshiba isn't messing around when it comes to their patents. In April alone, they sued 17 companies over patent infringements. If you'd like to read more, Toshiba's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Toshiba licenses patents essential for meeting DVD format specifications. EDD has not entered into license agreements with Toshiba or the DVD6C Licensing Group, and has engaged in the manufacture and sales of DVD video discs in Germany without permission. EDD's infringement of Toshiba's patents has damaged Toshiba's DVD-related business, and also caused damage to the legitimate and licensed DVD product manufacturing and distribution business as a whole. In filing the lawsuit, Toshiba prepares to recover monetary damages, and secure agreement from EDD to respect Toshiba's intellectual property rights in future.
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LG Electronics (LG), a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, filed a lawsuit against Taiwanese computer maker Quanta Computers (Quanta), for infringement of patents related to LG’s DVD technology. LG is seeking an injunction for Quanta’s use of this technology as well as monetary compensation in the suit that was filed in U.S. District Court, the Western District of Wisconsin on July 3, 2007.Sadly, this isn't the first time LG has sued Quanta over a patent. The company filed a suit against Quanta in 2000 and it has been tied up in the courts ever since. If you'd like to read more, LG's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
LG’s claims include infringement of four patents related to DVD standard. Quanta has been using these patents without LG’s permission to produce notebook computers that were supplied to U.S. computer companies.
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Hollywood's studios are racing to dig up files, emails and records of telephone conversations related to the competing Blu-ray and HD DVD formats after the European Commission sent out letters last month demanding evidence of their communications and agreements on the new generation of DVD formats.According to the article, HD DVD supporters lobbied the European Commission, asking them to investigate relationship with Blu-ray and its supporters. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
The European Commission, the European Union's executive body, appears to be particularly interested in the activities of the Blu-ray group because of its dominance in Hollywood, according to people familiar with the situation. The commission is investigating whether improper tactics were used to suppress competition and persuade the studios to back their format.
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Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc. (2357.TW: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's top computer motherboard maker, said on Monday it will split its contract manufacturing from its branded businesses in January to become more competitive.If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
Asustek also said it would separate its contract manufacturing, or original equipment manufacturing (OEM), into two units: Pegatron, specialising in PC-related equipment, and Unihan, focusing on casing, modules and non-PC products.
The branded business will retain the company's current Taiwan listing and the Asustek name. The two OEM units could also be listed in Taiwan, but the company does not rule out a listing overseas, Chairman Jonney Shih told a news conference.
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Verance Corporation today announced the immediate availability of its audio watermark technology for licensing by manufacturers of Blu-ray and HD DVD players and components. The licenses provide access to technical specifications, implementations, and intellectual property rights necessary for the inclusion of the Verance audio watermark detection within their products on a reasonable and non-discriminatory basis...It will be interesting to see how well Verance's audio watermark technology works. If its anything like AACS, it will be cracked or bypassed in no time. If you'd like to read more, Verance's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
AACS LA, LLC (http://www.aacsla.com), the cross-industry consortium that is providing the content protection architecture for use in next-generation optical media formats (including HD DVD and Blu-ray), identified the Verance audio watermark technology as an element of its content protection solution and approved the use of Verance watermark on AACS-protected pre-recorded HD DVD and Blu-ray discs in February 2006. AACS is expected to release final license agreements requiring the inclusion of VCMS/AV detector technology in HD DVD and Blu-ray players in the coming months.
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