DVD6C

DVD6C
Digital Versatile Disk licensing group of 6 Consortium
Formation1999; 27 years ago (1999)
FounderEight leading developers of DVD technology and formats
TypeIndustry consortium
Legal statusInactive
LocationTokyo, Japan
Region served
Worldwide
ProductsPatents related to DVD manufacturing
Members9 (peak) (2006)
OwnerIts members
Vice President
Toshihiro Shinohara
Websitewww.dvd6cla.com

The DVD6C Licensing Agency or DVD6C Licensing Group was an industry consortium which licenses a portfolio of patents required to produce DVD discs, players, drives, recorders, decoders, and encoders.

History

The group was founded in 1999 by 6 members to provide a patent pool.

By 2006, the group comprises 9 members: Hitachi, JVC, Matsushita (Panasonic), Mitsubishi, Sanyo, Sharp, Toshiba, Warner Home Video and Samsung.

As of January 1, 2020, DVD6C was no longer granting licenses to new licensees.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Samsung joins DVD6C In Licensing DVD Patents (news), DVD6C Licensing Agency, November 21, 2006, archived from the original on 2007-07-20
  2. ↑ "Information". DVD6CLA Website. Retrieved November 28, 2023.