Taipei, Taiwan----Jan. 31st, 2008----CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), today announced it is participating in the formation of a joint HD DVD patent license based on its ownership of a patent determined to be essential to the HD DVD standard.
CyberLink's patent relates to the specifications for interactive content over a network for prerecorded HD-DVD Discs, for playback according to the DVD Specifications for High Definition VIDEO (HD DVD-Video).
"Innovation is the key to CyberLink delivering leading products to our customers as well as sustaining long-term business success," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "We're extremely proud be a part of a group of essential HD DVD patent owners who have come together voluntarily for the purpose of forming a joint license, as this is testament to the strength of our core technology."
Essential HD DVD patent owners that include CyberLink participate in an effort to form a joint patent license facilitated by MPEG LA LLC.
More information about CyberLink's support for the HD DVD format, and the complete range of CyberLink software, is available at www.cyberlink.com.
About CyberLink
CyberLink Corp is the leader and pioneer in enabling digital multimedia on PCs
and CEs. Backed by a group of high-caliber software engineers, CyberLink owns
its core codec and a number of patented technologies. Today, CyberLink has built
a solid reputation for delivering high-quality, interoperable, and fast time-to-market
solutions that keep our OEM partners on the leading edge. Our business partners
include leaders in the PC industry: drive manufacturers, graphics-card makers,
and top-5 desktop and notebook brands. Today, CyberLink Software Solutions include:
complete applications for Blu-ray Discs and HD DVDs, Digital Home entertainment,
Mobile TV and eHRD solutions. With customers spanning from multi-national corporations
to small/medium-sized businesses, and from power users to home users, CyberLink
has enjoyed rapid and consistent growth leading to a record breaking IPO in
2000 on the Taiwan Over The Counter Exchange (OTC: 5203). Currently, CyberLink
is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: 5203.TW). CyberLink's
worldwide headquarters is in Taipei. To keep up with market demands, CyberLink
has operations in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, including
Japan. For more information, please visit CyberLink's website at http://www.cyberlink.com
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