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Toshiba Sues Over DVD Patents

Posted by timothy on from the cornering-the-market dept.

angry tapir writes "Toshiba has filed suit in a US court against Imation and several manufacturers and distributors of recordable DVD media for the alleged infringement of its patents. Imation and the other defendant companies named in the complaint do not have license agreements covering recordable DVD media with Toshiba or the DVD6C Licensing Group (DVD6C), and have engaged in the import and sale of recordable DVD media in the US without permission, according to Toshiba."

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  1. BluRay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well it's a good thing we have Bluray to protect us from those evil DVD manufacturers

  2. Re:hmph by MouseR · · Score: 4, Funny

    There ought to be a law against patent trolling

    They can't use it. It's patented.

  3. Re:Fairness towards all licensees by internerdj · · Score: 5, Funny

    Instead we put it in the hands of "always caring for the customer and their rights" Sony?

  4. Re:hmph by ivicente · · Score: 5, Funny

    Humm, that's an interesting idea. Have you considered patenting it?