The DVD6C Licensing Agency or DVD6C Licensing Group was an industry consortium which licenses a portfolio of patents required to produce DVD discs, players, drives, recorders, decoders, and encoders.
History The group was founded in 1999 by 6 members to provide a patent pool. By 2006, the group comprises 9 members: Hitachi, JVC, Matsushita (Panasonic), Mitsubishi, Sanyo, Sharp, Toshiba, Warner Home Video and Samsung. As of January 1, 2020, DVD6C was no longer granting licenses to new licensees.
See also Patent pool MPEG LA Avanci
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External links DVD6C Licensing Agency