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.

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.

ICAP Offers VoxPath CNS on Blu-ray-Related Patents

ICAP Patent Brokerage announced that it will offer a Covenant Not to Sue (CNS) from VoxPath RS, LLC (covering patents related to Blu-ray and other optical disc players) at its upcoming CNS Auction, which will be held September 27, 2011 in Los Angeles.