Toshiba Corporation, on behalf of the DVD6C Licensing Group, announced today that it has won a further legal victory against former licensee Citron Electronics, a supplier to CyberHomeEntertainment.

Judge Lawrence McKenna of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a second judgment that Citron is liable to Toshiba for breach of contract for more than $26.1 million.

As previously announced, Judge McKenna entered a separate judgment in October 2006 that the DVD6C Patent License Agreement with Citron was lawfully terminated and that Citron was liable for more than $9.5 million.

Citron's total liability to Toshiba for breach of the DVD6C Patent License Agreement thus exceeds $35.7 million. It is cautioned that the sale, offering for sale, use, importation or other disposal of DVD products of Citron may constitute infringement of patent rights in countries where essential patents of DVD6C members have been issued or registered.

DVD6C consists of nine leading developers of DVD technology and formats – Hitachi, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Mitsubishi, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Toshiba, Victor Company of Japan (JVC) and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Toshiba said it will "continue to diligently enforce the company's patent rights against any and all infringers."

Story filed 24.04.07