Toshiba Corp., on behalf of the DVD6C Licensing Group (DVD6C) consisting of nine leading developers of DVD technology and formats—Hitachi Ltd, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd, Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd, Sharp Corp., Toshiba, Victor Company of Japan Ltd (JVC) and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.—has won a further legal victory against former licensee Citron Electronics Co. Ltd, a supplier to CyberHomeEntertainment Inc. Judge Lawrence McKenna of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a second judgment that Citron is liable to Toshiba for breach of contract for more than $26.1 million. As previously announced, Judge McKenna entered a separate judgment in October of 2006 that the DVD6C Patent License Agreement with Citron was lawfully terminated and that Citron was liable for more than $9.5 million. Citron's total liability to Toshiba for breach of the DVD6C Patent License Agreement thus exceeds $35.7 million.
It is cautioned that the sale, offering for sale, use, importation or other disposal of DVD products of Citron may constitute infringement of patent rights in countries where essential patents of DVD6C members have been issued or registered.
Toshiba will continue to diligently enforce Toshiba's patent rights against any and all infringers.
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