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Sharp joins One-Blue licensing program

Jan 24, 2012 - 03:39 PM GMT

Licensing body One-Blue has announced that Sharp Corporation has joined the One-Blue product licensing program as a licensor. “We are pleased to announce that Sharp has joined our licensing program as a licensor and is now making available their essential patents via the One-Blue program,” said Roel Kramer, CEO of One-Blue. “Sharp has made major contributions to the development of the Blu-ray Disc standard and becomes an important addition to our pool.”

Sharp, which brings patents that One-Blue says are essential to the Blu-ray Disc standard, joins current licensors Cyberlink, Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, JVC Kenwood, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sony, Taiyo Yuden and Yamaha.

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