One-Blue, LLC announced that it has officially launched its patent licensing program for Blu-ray Disc (BD) products.
As a matter of background, One-Blue is a patent pool formed by several developers of Blu-ray, DVD and CD technology including Cyberlink, Hitachi, Philips, Panasonic and Sony.
Royalty Rates
| Product | Royalty Rate (USD) |
| BD Player/Recorder | |
| BD Player | $ 9.00 |
| BD Recorder | $ 12.00 |
| BD Drives | |
| BD Playback Drive | $ 7.00 |
| BD Combo Drive | $ 8.00 |
| BD Recorder Drive | $ 9.00 |
| BD Software | |
| BD Playback Software | $ 2.00 |
| BD Playback Software (plug-in) | $ 1.60 |
| BD Combo Software | $ 2.50 |
| BD Recorder Software | $ 3.00 |
| BD Recorder Software (plug-in) | $ 2.40 |
| BD Recording Only Software | $ 2.00 |
| BD Recording Only Software (plug-in) | $ 1.60 |
| Pre-installed software in a PC | |
| BD Playback Software | $ 1.25 |
| BD Combo Software | $ 1.50 |
| BD Recorder Software | $ 1.75 |
| BD Recording Only Software | $ 1.25 |
| Pre-recorded Discs | |
| BD-ROM Movie Disc | $ 0.0975 |
| BD-ROM Data Disc | $ 0.0725 |
| Recordable Discs | |
| BD-R Disc | $ 0.1075 |
| BD-RE Disc | $ 0.1350 |
| BDXL-R Disc | $ 0.13 |
| BDXL-RE Disc | $ 0.16 |
For more information visit: www.one-blue.com
Unedited press release follows:
One-Blue Launches Licensing Program for Blu-ray Disc Products
(New York, USA – August 3, 2011) One-Blue, LLC announced it has officially launched its licensing program for Blu-ray Disc™ products.
One-Blue, an independent licensing company, has been established for the purpose of administering a licensing program for patents essential to Blu-ray Disc™ products. For hardware and software products, the license covers Blu-ray Disc™, DVD and CD essential patents; for disc products, the license covers Blu-ray Disc™ essential patents.
With the creation of One-Blue, the participating companies have founded an innovative patent pool for Blu-ray Disc™ products that levels the playing field, reduces costs, and fosters fair use of the patent system in the entire optical disc sector.
An important goal of the One-Blue product licensing program is the creation of a level playing field for all participants in the Blu-ray Disc™ product market. To this end the One-Blue licensing program will introduce a per-batch licensing system for high volume Blu-ray Disc™ products and labels to be put on the outer boxes of Blu-ray Disc™ products, which will enable retailers and other players in the value chain to determine readily which products are licensed under this program. One-Blue expects that after a short initial period all boxes of relevant Blu-ray Disc ™ products will be provided with labels.
Since issuing its call for Blu-ray Disc™ product patents in October 2009, One-Blue has been working diligently with potential licensors to ensure wide-spread adoption of its licensing program. For the past few months, One-Blue has acquired the necessary regulatory and governmental approvals for the establishment of One-Blue, LLC as the joint licensing agent of its licensors.
Any holder of patents essential to optical formats used in Blu-ray Disc™ products is invited to submit patents for evaluation and join the licensing program as a new licensor.
More information about the One-Blue licensing program and related royalty rates can be found on www.one-blue.com.
Any company interested in obtaining licenses for one or more Blu-ray Disc™ products under the One-Blue product licensing program is requested to contact One-Blue at the e-mail address listed below.
For further information, please contact: Ashley Teitelbaum of One-Blue via info@one-blue.com.
About One-Blue, LLC
One-Blue, LLC is an independent licensing company that administers a product license for patents essential to Blu-ray Disc™ products.