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

As a matter of background, the DVD6C is a patent pool formed by nine developers of DVD technology including Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric, Panasonic, Samsung, Sanyo Electric, Sharp, Toshiba, JVC, Time Warner.

For more information visit: www.dvd6cla.com

Unedited press release follows:

Toshiba, the authorized licensor for DVD6C, files lawsuit in federal court to collect patent royalties due from CDI Media, Inc.

October 2, 2013 — On September 24, 2013, the DVD6C Licensing Group (“DVD6C”) – comprising nine leading developers of DVD technology – through authorized licensor Toshiba filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to collect patent royalties due from CDI Media, Inc. – a DVD disc replicator. This action is part of a continuing global initiative by the DVD6C Licensing Group to enforce the DVD6C Patent License Agreement.