USITC Targets Blu-ray Majors in Patent Investigation

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced that it will investigate a complaint filed by Walker Digital alleging that Blu-ray Disc (BD) players manufactured by Panasonic, Samsung, LG, Sony, Pioneer and others infringe a patent owned by the private research and development lab.

OLED Display Technology Moving to Compete

NPD DisplaySearch announced it forecasts that Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display revenues will rise from $4 billion in 2011 to more than $20 billion (roughly 16% of the total display industry) by 2018.

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.

DVD6C Lowers Prerecorded DVD Disc Royalty

The DVD6C Licensing Group (DVD6C) announced that it is offering a reduced royalty rate for prerecorded DVD-Video, DVD-ROM and DVD-Audio discs to licensees in good standing.

New Initiative Secures HD Content on Flash Cards

Panasonic, Samsung, SanDisk, Sony and Toshiba announced that they will work together to develop and promote a new HD content protection technology for flash memory cards and embedded storage devices.