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German court upholds MPEG-2 verdict against Greek replicator
Germany’s Dusseldorf Appeals Court recently issued its decision dismissing all 12 appeals filed by Greek DVD Video disc replicator Digital Press Hellas S.A., formerly known as Odeon Cineplex S.A.
The unsuccessful appeals by Digital Press Hellas tried to overturn a series of corresponding previous verdicts issued by a German district court (Landgericht Düsseldorf) which found that Digital Press Hellas infringed MPEG-2 patents owned by CIF Licensing, GE Technology Development, Philips, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Panasonic, Sony, Thomson Licensing, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, and JVC.
Those MPEG-2 patents are also included in the MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License offered by MPEG LA.
As a result of the appeal dismissals, enforcement of the verdicts will require Digital Press Hellas 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.
Story filed 02.03.10
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