The US Trade Commission was approached by Japanese electronics manufacturer Toshiba, yesterday, with a complaint to sue 17 companies for DVD patent infringement.
The companies were mostly Hong Kong and Chinese manufacturers who import DVD players, DVD recorders and other digital video disc products into the US. The lawsuit included a demand for monetary damages payable to Toshiba from the same companies. Spokeswoman for Toshiba, Yuko Sugahara, declined to comment on the amount.
Considering the fact that Toshiba licenses DVD patents and companies like Daewoo Electronics America Inc. of the U.S., Dongguan GVG Digital Technology of China and Star Light Electronics Co. of Hong Kong do not, Toshiba believes that the products manufactured by these companies are hence, sold without permission.
The company said – "The infringement of Toshiba's patents by these companies has damaged Toshiba's DVD-related business, and also caused damage to the legitimate and licensed DVD product manufacturing and distribution and business as a whole.”
However the statement received no reply from any of the companies in question. So we just might be in bit of a product crunch when it comes to purchasing non branded electronics for awhile.
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