I-O Data Device Joins One-Blue Licensing Program for Blu-ray Disc

One-Blue, LLC announced that I-O DATA DEVICE, INC. of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, has joined the One-Blue Blu-ray Disc product licensing program as a licensee.

I-O DATA signed the license agreement for manufacturer of aftermarket BD drive bundled with BD-PC software which grants I-O DATA access to patents essential to the Blu-ray Disc standard from licensors.

“I-O DATA is a well-known brand in the PC peripheral market in Japan, and a welcomed addition to the One-Blue licensing program,” said Shigeru Komatsu, senior director of IP licensing, One-Blue.

One-Blue administers the licensing program for patents essential to Blu-ray Disc products and is the joint licensing agent of its licensors. For hardware and software products, the product license covers Blu-ray Disc, DVD and CD essential patents; for disc products, the product license covers Blu-ray Disc essential patents.

Any company interested in obtaining licenses for one or more Blu-ray Disc(TM) products under the One-Blue product licensing program, or for more information about the One-Blue licensing program and related royalty rates, should contact One-Blue, LLC at http://www.one-blue.com/.

One-Blue, LLC is the one-stop shop for patents essential to the Blu-ray Disc standard from licensors including Columbia Technology Ventures, CyberLink, Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co. Ltd., JVCKENWOOD, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Taiyo Yuden and Yamaha.

One-Blue royalty rates

The current licensees / registrants of One-Blue are**:
Acer Inc.
Action Asia Ltd.
Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
Alco Electronics Limited
ArcSoft, Inc.
arvato Entertainment Europe GmbH
Beijing Hitran Optical Disc Co., Ltd.
BUFFALO INC.
CD Video Manufacturing, Inc.
CDA, Inc.
China Hualu Group Co., Ltd.
Cinram Group, Inc.
Corel Corporation
Cyberlink Corporation *
D&M Holdings Inc.
Datapulse Technology Limited
Deluxe Digital Studios
Dell Global B.V. *
Dongguan Digital AV Technology Corp., Ltd.
DVD Norden A/S
Eastech Electronics (HK) Limited
Epson Direct Corporation
Fujitsu Limited *
Fusion Research, Inc.
Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
Hewlett-Packard Company *
Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd. *
I-O DATA DEVICE, INC.
JVCKENWOOD Corporation *
Kaleidescape Inc.
Koninklijke Philips N.V. *
LG Electronics Inc. *
Lite-On IT Corporation
Logitec INA Solutions Co., Ltd.
Macgo International Limited
Memory-Tech Holdings Inc.
Micro Electronics, Inc.
Microboards Technology, LLC
Millenniata Inc.
Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co., Ltd.
optimal media GmbH
Panasonic Corporation *
Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
Pioneer Corporation *
PrimeDisc Marketing Limited
Primera Technology, Inc.
PT Arisamandiri Pratama
Ritek Corporation
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. *
Samwin Hong Kong Limited
Sharp Corporation *
Shenzhen Maxmade Technology Co., Ltd.
sMedio, Inc.
Sonopress Rimo Indústria e Comércio Fonográfica S.A.
Sony Corporation *
Sunland International, LLC dba DIGISTOR
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. *
TCL Technoly Electronics (Huizhou) Co., Ltd.
Top Media, Inc.
Toyo Recording Co., Ltd.
U-Tech Media Corporation
Victor Advanced Media Co., Ltd.
VidaBox LLC
The Video Duplicating Company Limited
Vinpower, Inc.
Yamaha Corporation *
             
* indicates licensee is also a licensor
** Some licensees are not included on the licensee list at their request.