Toshiba sues swarm of DVD firms

Pay up, or get out

By INQUIRER staff

Mon Apr 09 2007, 08:50

JAPANESE FIRM Toshiba said it has taken legal action against a mass of firms against 17 vendors and importers of DVD technologies.

It has also complained to the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and wants that body to stop firms importing DVD tech into the US.

Here follow the companies alleged to have breached Toshiba patents and are mentioned in the ITC complaint:

Daewoo Electronics America, Inc. (U.S.), Dongguan GVG Digital Technology Ltd. (China), Dongguan Tonic Electronics Co., Ltd. (China), Dongguan Xin Lian Digital Technology Co. Ltd. (China), GVG Digital Technology Holdings Ltd. (HK), jWIN Electronics Corporation (U.S.), Memcorp Inc. (U.S.), Star Light Electronics Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong), Starlight International Holdings Limited (Hong Kong), Starlight Marketing (HK) Ltd. (Hong Kong), Tonic Digital Products Limited (Hong Kong), Tonic DVB Marketing Ltd. (China), Tonic Electronics Limited (Hong Kong), Tonic Industries Holdings Limited (Hong Kong), Tonic Technology (HK) Limited (Hong Kong), Tonic Technology (Shenzhen) Ltd. (China), Tonic Trading Development Ltd. (Hong Kong) .

These firms make or import DVD players, recorders or other related products in the USA.

Toshiba said the firms don't have licence agreements with either it or the DVD6C licensing group. Toshiba wants damages, a halt to imports, and wants to force the 17 to sign agreements with it and the DVD6C licensing group.

The INQUIRER review of the year A look back at the big news stories of 2011 Friday, 23 December 2011, 08:00 AM Read more	Openwave sues Apple and RIM ITC complaint filed over mobile software Thursday, 1 September 2011, 17:06 PM Read more
Samsung sues Siemens' LED division over patents Lodges a complaint with the ITC and a lawsuit against Osram Monday, 18 July 2011, 12:07 PM Read more	Possible ban on HTC devices looms in the US as Apple complains to ITC Wants the boats to turn around Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 15:21 PM Read more
Apple becomes a Nokia patents licensee It's all Finnish now Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 12:34 PM Read more	Rambus will buy Cryptography Research to get its patents IT security industry is in for a patently tough time Friday, 13 May 2011, 15:03 PM Read more

< Previous article| Next article >

Comments

There are no comments submitted yet. Do you have an interesting opinion? Then be the first to post a comment.

INQ White papers

Databases

Network management

Security

Service oriented architecture

Storage

INQ Jobs

SOFTWARE ENGINEER - UNIX C

SOFTWARE ENGINEER - BERKS -...

INQ Poll

Authorities in several countries raided Megaupload recently, shut down all of its services, seized hundreds of servers and arrested several of its executives on criminal charges.

Do you think the move was justified?

Yes, companies should suffer an immediate death penalty upon being accused of copyright infringement.

Yes, the coppers said the company was breaking the law so it must be guilty.

No, the company and the people accused are innocent until proven guilty.

No, the company had millions of customers who have been harmed by having access to their data files cut off.

I don't care, I never used Megaupload anyway.

View other polls

© Incisive Media Investments Limited 2012, Published by Incisive Financial Publishing Limited, Haymarket House, 28-29 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4RX, are companies registered in England and Wales with company registration numbers 04252091 & 04252093

SEARCH :

Site Credentials:

Business & Technology websites:

Business research resources:

Products:

Investment Market IT websites:

Find out what you are worth:

Salary Calculator

Search for a job:

Recruitment Agency A-Z Directory

Accreditations:

Digital Publisher of the Year 2010

Toshiba sues swarm of DVD firms

Share this:

RIM Playbook OS 2.0 and Blackberry 7.1 video demo

Nokia Lumia 710 video review