One-Blue Announces Memory-Tech to join Licensing Program for Blu-ray Disc(TM) and Ultra HD Blu-ray(TM) Products

          One-Blue today announced that Memory-Tech Holdings Inc. (Memory-Tech) has joined the One-Blue product licensing program as a licensor. Memory-Tech joins the current program licensors ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Columbia Technology Ventures, Cyberlink Corporation, Dell Global B.V., Fujitsu Limited, HP Inc., Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co. Ltd., Intellectual Discovery Co. Ltd., JVCKENWOOD Corporation, Koninklijke Philips N.V., LG Electronics Inc., Panasonic Corporation, Pioneer Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sharp Corporation, Sony Corporation, Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd. and Yamaha Corporation.

          "One-Blue is pleased to announce that Memory-Tech has joined the One-Blue licensing program as a licensor," says Thomas Gabriel, Licensing Counsel of One-Blue. "With the addition of Memory-Tech, One-Blue reinforces its commitment to provide producers with exceptional value for the scope and breadth of the One-Blue essential patent portfolio through a single product license covering multiple optical standards."

          "Memory-Tech Holdings is pleased to join the One-Blue product licensing program as a licensor. We are sure of rapid growth of 4K and HDR through UHD BD, and hope to contribute to developments of this industry as one of the leading Optical Disc Replicators through the One-Blue pool," said Yutaka Ueda, President of Memory-Tech Holdings.

          One-Blue administers the licensing program for patents essential to both Ultra HD Blu-ray(TM) and Blu-ray Disc(TM) products and is the joint licensing agent of its licensors. For hardware and software products, the product license covers Ultra HD Blu-ray(TM) , Blu-ray Disc(TM), DVD and CD essential patents; for disc products, the product license covers Ultra HD Blu-ray(TM) and Blu-ray Disc(TM) essential patents. One-Blue is an innovative patent pool that levels the playing field, reduces costs, and fosters fair use of the patent system across the optical disc sector. Any holder of patents essential to optical formats used in Ultra HD Blu-ray(TM) and/or Blu-ray Disc(TM) products are invited to submit patents for evaluation and join the licensing program as a new licensor. Any company interested in obtaining licenses for one or more of the Ultra HD Blu-ray(TM) and/or the Blu-ray Disc(TM) products under the One-Blue product licensing program is requested to contact One-Blue at the e-mail address listed below.

          More information about the One-Blue licensing program and related royalty rates can be found on www.one-blue.com.

          For further information, please contact:
          James Frick of One-Blue via [email protected].

          About One-Blue, LLC 
          One-Blue, LLC is an independent licensing company that administers a product license for patents essential to Ultra HD Blu-ray(TM) and Blu-ray Disc(TM) products.

          About Memory Tech 
          Memory-Tech Holdings (MTH) is a solution service providing group in the entertainment business in Japan. The group of companies offers services such as an animation CG production, VFX, post-production, dubbing and subtitles, optical disc replication, etc. Memory-Tech, a subsidiary of MTH, is one of the largest replicators in the world and a member of the Technical Expert Group of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). Memory-Tech is also well known by a development of Ultimate High Quality CD (UHQ CD) which is master-sound quality CD.

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