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Archive of posts filed under the Intellectual Property category.

DVD6C Sues American Media International for Unpaid DVD Royalties

The DVD6C Licensing Group (DVD6C) announced that its authorized licensor, Toshiba, is suing American Media International, LLC to collect royalties allegedly due under the DVD6C patent license.

Via Launches MPEG Surround Patent Licensing Program

Via Licensing Corporation announced that it has launched its patent licensing program for MPEG Surround multichannel audio format.

RealNetworks Sells Patents and Video Codec to Intel

RealNetworks, Inc. announced that it will sell a significant number of its patents and its next generation video codec software to Intel Corporation for $120 million.

Sharp Joins One-Blue Blu-ray Patent Pool

One-Blue, LLC announced that Sharp Corporation has joined its Blu-ray Disc (BD) patent licensing program as a licensor.

Fujitsu Joins One-Blue Blu-ray Patent Pool

One-Blue, LLC announced that Fujitsu Limited has joined its Blu-ray Disc (BD) patent licensing program as a licensor.

InPhase Holographic Storage Patents Up for Sale

Signal Lake announced that it has retained Drakes Bay Company LLC to sell or license the intellectual property portfolio of holographic storage developer InPhase Technologies.

Canadian Levy Targets microSD Memory Cards

The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) announced that the The Copyright Board of Canada has issued an interim Private Copying Tariff for 2012-2013.

Taiyo Yuden Joins One-Blue Blu-ray Patent Pool

One-Blue, LLC announced that Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. has joined its Blu-ray Disc (BD) patent licensing program as a licensor.

Yamaha Joins One-Blue Blu-ray Patent Pool

One-Blue, LLC announced that Yamaha Corporation has joined its Blu-ray Disc (BD) patent licensing program as a licensor.

USITC Targets Blu-ray Majors in Patent Investigation

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced that it will investigate a complaint filed by Walker Digital alleging that Blu-ray Disc (BD) players manufactured by Panasonic, Samsung, LG, Sony, Pioneer and others infringe a patent owned by the private research and development lab.