Toshiba has filed a lawsuit against German DVD disc replicator EDD Bizz GmbH for infringement of some of the company’s DVD patents. The suit was brought to the Düsseldorf Regional Court against EDD and its managing director Denny Holwerda.

EDD has not entered into license agreements with Toshiba or the DVD6C Licensing Group (an industry body representing nine leading developers of DVD technology and formats) and has engaged in the manufacture and sales of DVD video discs in Germany without permission.

"EDD’s infringement of Toshiba’s patents has damaged Toshiba’s DVD-related business, and also caused damage to the legitimate and licensed DVD product manufacturing and distribution business as a whole," says the lawsuit filling. "Toshiba prepares to recover monetary damages, and secure agreement from EDD to respect Toshiba’s intellectual property rights in future."

Toshiba has previously filed lawsuits in the US against Taiwanese DVD drive manufacturers in 2002; an American importer and wholesaler of DVD-related products in 2005; and against 17 manufacturers and importers of DVD-related products in April 2007.

Story filed 05.07.07