FC: Japanese firms mull patent challenge to cheap Chinese DVD players

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[My Arabic-language computer here couldn't handle the URL, so I had to use
lynx and more. Short excerpt: "January 22, 2002 (TOKYO) -- Some domestic
companies are apparently considering filing lawsuits against Chinese firms
selling DVD players without paying patent licensing fees on technology
developed in Japan. Japanese manufacturers of DVD players have seen sales
deteriorate, particularly in the United States, as a result of competition
from low-priced Chinese machines. In the summer of 2001, Sony Corp. had to
surrender its top position in the U.S. market for DVD players, where it
once held about 40 percent, to a Chinese maker offering the APEX brand."
--Declan]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:51:37 -0800
From: LR <lruss () superlink net>
To: declan () well com
Subject: Another shot at IP.

Hi,

I thought that your readers might be interested in this.

http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/moren/165841

What will those DVD manufacturers think of next?

LR.




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