Toshiba today said that it filed a formal complaint on April 6 with the International Trade Commission (ITC)  against 17 manufacturers and importers of DVD players, DVD recorders and other DVD-related products, as a means to halt the alleged infringement of Toshiba's DVD patents.

Toshiba's filing requests that the ITC prohibit the importation into the United States of DVD players, DVD recorders and other DVD-related products by the companies named in the complaint.

In a related move, Toshiba also filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on the same day, seeking damages resulting from claimed infringement of Toshiba's DVD patents by the same 17 companies.

Companies named in the lawsuit include Daewoo Electronics America; Dongguan GVG Digital Technology; Dongguan GVG Digital Technology Holdings; Dongguan Xin Lian Digital Technology; GVG Digital Technology Holdings; jWIN Electronics; Memcorp; Star Light Electronics; Starlight International Holdings; Starlight Marketing; Tonic Digital Products; Tonic DVB Marketing; Tonic Electronics; Tonic Industries Holdings; Tonic Technology Limited; Tonic Technology; and Tonic Trading Development.

Toshiba licenses patents essential for meeting DVD format specifications, however, the consumer electronics giant said, the 17 companies named in the complaint and the lawsuit do not have license agreements with Toshiba or the DVD6C Licensing Group, and have allegedly engaged in the importation and sale of DVD products without permission.

Through the filing of the ITC complaint and the district court lawsuit, Toshiba said it seeks to exclude the allegedly infringing imports, recover monetary damages, and secure agreements to respect Toshiba's intellectual property rights in the future.

By: DocMemory
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