Blu-ray Player Production Stoppage?
Written by: Marcus Yam
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) last week decided to investigate certain products that contain short-wavelength light emitting diodes and laser diodes. Such may include hand-held mobile devices, instrument panels, billboards, traffic lights, high-definition optical players and data storage devices.
Of note, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc players, which use blue-violet laser technology, are subjected to this investigation.
Read the full Marcus Yam article on Daily Tech.
I think this patent claim is pretty ridiculous, to be perfectly honest. Then again, lots of companies seem intent on trying to claim patent infringement where they have no real backing…such is the way of things, I guess.