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Court rules against Greek replicator on patents infringement
The District Court Düsseldorf, Germany recently pronounced 12 verdicts finding that Greek DVD disc manufacturer Odeon Cineplex SA has infringed certain MPEG-2 patents as a result of Odeon’s manufacture of DVD video discs.
The Court issued twelve verdicts of infringement based on as many cases on the merits brought by MPEG-2 patent owners. They include CIF Licensing, GE Technology Development, Philips, Panasonic Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corp, Sony, Thomson Licensing, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, and Victor Company of Japan (JVC).
As a result of these 12 verdicts and upon the patent owners providing the requisite security bonds, enforcement of the verdicts will require Odeon to cease its distribution of DVD video discs in Germany and to pay damages to the patent owners for past DVD video disc distribution in Germany. Odeon may appeal these verdicts.
Last month, the Düsseldorf Court issued a similar ruling against the Dicentia group.
Story filed 20.10.08
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