“A long-running legal battle that has significantly delayed the ability of many companies to produce next-generation optical disc players and recorders has come to an end as Japan’s Nichia and Toyoda Gosai announced they decided to reach a settlement.
The two companies announced their decision in a brief statement on Friday that said they have “agreed to respect any and all patent rights which the other party owns and to enter into negotiations in good faith in order to come to an end of any and all disputes and suits in and outside of Japan.”
More detailed information or commentary was unavailable because of week-long holidays currently taking place at both companies.
The agreement comes less than a month after the Tokyo High Court overturned a ruling by the Japan Patent Office concerning a Toyoda patent that had been ruled invalid. The decision, delivered on July 18, was the ninth in a series of patent infringement lawsuits heard in front of the court and the eighth that Toyoda had won.”
The system boasts a storage space of 27GB per side compared to the 4.7GB of DVD…
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