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02-16-2006, 06:57 AM
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vspace="16" border="0" /></a>When Samsung and Sony signed their patent-sharing deal in late 2004, it sealed a
partnership that included joint development of LCD displays and participation in the Blu Ray alliance. Now Toshiba and
LG have signed a similar deal, agreeing to cross-license patents related to HD DVD technology. While no dollar value
was attached to the deal, it highlights how much each company is banking on next-gen DVD technology for future growth
-- not to mention the continued importance of Korea to Japan's electronics giants, which once thought they could
dominate global markets on their own.</div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=AP&Date=20060209&ID=5489878>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/09/toshiba-and-lg-ink-hd-dvd-patent-sharing-deal/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/forward/589451/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/09/toshiba-and-lg-ink-hd-dvd-patent-sharing-deal/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking*Blogs</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/09/toshiba-and-lg-ink-hd-dvd-patent-sharing-deal/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_21-589451"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/21-589451?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_21-589451" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&channel=22&output=png&cuid=21-589451&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/09/toshiba-and-lg-ink-hd-dvd-patent-sharing-deal/" /></p>
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vspace="16" border="0" /></a>When Samsung and Sony signed their patent-sharing deal in late 2004, it sealed a
partnership that included joint development of LCD displays and participation in the Blu Ray alliance. Now Toshiba and
LG have signed a similar deal, agreeing to cross-license patents related to HD DVD technology. While no dollar value
was attached to the deal, it highlights how much each company is banking on next-gen DVD technology for future growth
-- not to mention the continued importance of Korea to Japan's electronics giants, which once thought they could
dominate global markets on their own.</div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=AP&Date=20060209&ID=5489878>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/09/toshiba-and-lg-ink-hd-dvd-patent-sharing-deal/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/forward/589451/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/09/toshiba-and-lg-ink-hd-dvd-patent-sharing-deal/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking*Blogs</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/09/toshiba-and-lg-ink-hd-dvd-patent-sharing-deal/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_21-589451"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/21-589451?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_21-589451" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&channel=22&output=png&cuid=21-589451&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/09/toshiba-and-lg-ink-hd-dvd-patent-sharing-deal/" /></p>
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