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One-Blue Announces Intellectual Discovery to join Licensing Program for Blu-ray Disc™ and Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Products

NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2017 -- One-Blue today announced that Intellectual Discovery Co., LTD (Intellectual Discovery) has joined the One-Blue product licensing program as a licensor. Intellectual Discovery joins the current program licensors ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Columbia Technology Ventures, Cyberlink Corporation, Dell Global B.V., Fujitsu Limited, HP Inc., Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co. Ltd., JVCKENWOOD Corporation, Koninklijke Philips N.V., LG Electronics Inc., Panasonic Corporation, Pioneer Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sharp Corporation, Sony Corporation, Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd. and Yamaha Corporation.

"One-Blue is pleased to announce that Intellectual Discovery has joined the One-Blue licensing program as a licensor," says Thomas Gabriel, Licensing Counsel of One-Blue.  "With the addition of Intellectual Discovery, One-Blue reinforces its purpose and market commitment to a level playing field and a streamlined patent licensing process."

"Intellectual Discovery is very pleased to join One-Blue as a licensor. We are convinced that this important technology will be more widely adopted in various optical disc industry and its value will be increased through the One-Blue pool," said Dongsuk Bae, Head of IP Business Division, Intellectual Discovery.

One-Blue administers the licensing program for patents essential to both Ultra HD Blu-ray™  and Blu-ray Disc™ products and is the joint licensing agent of its licensors. For hardware and software products, the product license covers Ultra HD Blu-ray™, Blu-ray Disc™, DVD and CD essential patents; for disc products, the product license covers Ultra HD Blu-ray™ and Blu-ray Disc™ essential patents. One-Blue is an innovative patent pool that levels the playing field, reduces costs, and fosters fair use of the patent system across the optical disc sector. Any holder of patents essential to optical formats used in Ultra HD Blu-ray™ and/or  Blu-ray Disc™ products are invited to submit patents for evaluation and join the licensing program as a new licensor. Any company interested in obtaining licenses for one or more of the Ultra HD Blu-ray™  and/or the Blu-ray Disc™ products under the One-Blue product licensing program is requested to contact One-Blue at the e-mail address listed below.

More information about the One-Blue licensing program and related royalty rates can be found on www.one-blue.com.

For further information, please contact:
Ashley Teitelbaum of One-Blue via info@one-blue.com

About One-Blue, LLC
One-Blue, LLC is an independent licensing company that administers a product license for patents essential to Ultra HD Blu-ray™  and Blu-ray Disc™ products.

About Intellectual Discovery
Intellectual Discovery Co., LTD is a global IP investment company and engages in diverse business models including development of high-quality intellectual property through intellectual property research and development activities. Intellectual Discovery's portfolio includes numerous patents in the areas of main industry technology sectors including, but not limited to, communications, semiconductors and software technology. For more information, on Intellectual Discovery visit http://www.i-discovery.com/site/en/.

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