Toshiba Sues Over DVD Patents

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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[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:Link is fine, text:

[spammeister]

Memorex is usually my brand of choice for price and availability, now I know why! (hurries off to Futureshack!)

They're just mad about HD-DVD

[Gizzmonic]

Toshiba's still getting over HD-DVD. They're making upscaling DVD players to compete with Blu-Ray. They lost a lot of face, and they're losing even more money. All the huge "we do everything" Japanese conglomerates (Toshiba, Hitachi, Sanyo) are in pain due to the stagnant economy. Perhaps these lawsuits can help restore them to profitability. I hope so because Toshiba is a darn fine company that makes out with your mom.

Re:hmph

[MouseR]

There ought to be a law against patent trolling

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

Re:Fairness towards all licensees

[internerdj]

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

Re:hmph

[ivicente]

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