NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2013 (ANTARA/PRNewswire) -- One-Blue, LLC, today announced that Cinram Group, Inc. has joined the One-Blue Blu-ray Disc(TM) (BD) product licensing program as a licensee. Cinram signed a BD-ROM Movie Disc and/or Data Disc License Agreement that grants the company access to important patents essential to the Blu-ray Disc(TM) standard from leading licensors, including CyberLink, Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, JVC Kenwood, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Taiyo Yuden and Yamaha.

"Cinram is a much anticipated addition to the One-Blue BD-ROM/Movie Disc licensing program," said William J. Lenihan, Director of IP Licensing of One-Blue.

One-Blue administers the licensing program for patents essential to Blu-ray Disc(TM) products and is the joint licensing agent of its licensors. For hardware and software products, the product license covers Blu-ray Disc(TM), DVD and CD essential patents; for disc products, the product license covers Blu-ray Disc(TM) essential patents.

One-Blue's innovative approach to patent pooling includes per-batch licensing, pre-netting, and product-based royalties. Representing 15 licensors from among the world's global consumer electronics manufacturers, One-Blue operates a pool of more than 10,000 essential BD patents and to date has executed 76 Registration and/or License Agreements.

Any company interested in obtaining licenses for one or more Blu-ray Disc(TM) products under the One-Blue product licensing program, or for more information about the One-Blue licensing program and related royalty rates, should contact One-Blue, LLC at http://www.one-blue.com/.

About One-Blue
As the one-stop shop representing the Blu-ray Disc(TM) industry's leading technology providers, One-Blue, LLC provides patent licenses from the leading Blu-ray, DVD and CD product IP holders. One-Blue creates a level playing field by guaranteeing strong patent enforcement for licensees and licensors and ensure competitive parity for all Blu-ray Disc(TM) providers. One-Blue's patent pool is built upon industry best practices to help all parties lower royalties, transaction costs and streamline the patent licensing process.

Contact:
Andrew MacLellan Ashley Teitelbaum
+1-617-897-8270 +1-212-223-3190
andrew.maclellan@porternovelli.com ashley.teitelbaum@one-blue.com

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