Which companies are behind One-Blue? Can all essential patent holders join the One-Blue licensing program as licensor?

Licensors

The current licensors are:

  • Dell Global B.V.
  • Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • HP Inc.
  • Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
  • JVCKENWOOD Corporation
  • Koninklijke Philips N.V.
  • LG Electronics Inc.
  • Memory-Tech Holdings Inc.
  • Panasonic Holdings Corporation
  • Pioneer Corporation
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • Sharp Corporation
  • Sony Corporation
  • Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.

Any holder of patents essential to optical formats used in Blu-ray Disc™ and Ultra HD Blu-ray™ products is invited to join the program as a licensor. Entities who believe they have patents that are essential to the implementation of the Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Standard, Blu-ray Disc™ Standard, DVD Standards and/or CD Standards can submit these to selected patent evaluation law firms.

Interested Licensors should contact One-Blue for detailed documentation regarding the programs.