Sharp Joins One-Blue Blu-ray Patent Pool

One-Blue, LLC announced that Sharp Corporation has joined its Blu-ray Disc (BD) patent licensing program as a licensor.

Fujitsu Joins One-Blue Blu-ray Patent Pool

One-Blue, LLC announced that Fujitsu Limited has joined its Blu-ray Disc (BD) patent licensing program as a licensor.

Taiyo Yuden Joins One-Blue Blu-ray Patent Pool

One-Blue, LLC announced that Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. has joined its Blu-ray Disc (BD) patent licensing program as a licensor.

Microboards Ends Support for Legacy Systems

Microboards Technology announced that, as of March 1, 2012, it will discontinue hardware repair service and support for its optical disc labeling and publishing systems that employ Hewlett-Packard’s Deskjet 6122 inkjet printing engine.

Yamaha Joins One-Blue Blu-ray Patent Pool

One-Blue, LLC announced that Yamaha Corporation has joined its Blu-ray Disc (BD) patent licensing program as a licensor.

Samsung Joins One-Blue Blu-ray Patent Pool

One-Blue, LLC announced that Samsung Electronics has joined its Blu-ray Disc (BD) patent licensing program as a licensor.

Pioneer Joins One-Blue Blu-ray Patent Pool

One-Blue, LLC announced that Pioneer Corporation has joined its Blu-ray Disc (BD) patent licensing program as a licensor.

HLDS Executives Do Time for Optical Disc Drive Price Fixing

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that three executives from Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) have agreed to plead guilty and serve prison time in the United States for their participation in a series of conspiracies to rig bids and fix prices for the sale of optical disc drives.