Most Recent Licensing Rates for Blu-Ray

Several companies are included in a patent pool called One-Blue, LLC, a licensing program for Blu-ray disc products launched in February 25, 2009 by Panasonic, Philips and Sony to establish one stop shop product license.

They are Cyberlink, Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, JVC Kenwood, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Taiyo Yuden and Yamaha.

All royalty rates apply per unit of licensed product and are valid as per July 1, 2011.

Current royalty rates

Players/Recorders

• BD Player: $9.00
• BD Recorder: $12.00
• BD Player (in vehicle): $9.00

PC Drives

• BD Playback Drive: $7.00
• BD Combi Drive: $8.00
• BD Recorder Drive: $9.00

BD Software

• BD Playback Software: $2.00
• BD Playback Software (plug-in): $1.60
• BD Combi Software: $2.50
• BD Recorder Software: $3.00
• BD Recorder Software (plug-in): $2.40
• BD Recording Only Software: $2.00
• BD Recording Only Software (plug-in): $1.60

PC with pre-installed BD software

• PC with pre-installed BD software and no BD Drive: $1.50
• PC with pre-installed BD software and BD Playback Drive: $1.25
• PC with pre-installed BD software and BD Combi Drive: $1.50
• PC with pre-installed BD software and BD Recorder Drive: $1.75

Pre-recorded discs

• BD Data Disc: $0.0725
• BD Movie Disc: $0.0975

Recordable discs

• BD-R Disc: $0.1075
• BD-RE Disc: $0.135
• BDXL-R Disc: $0.13
• BDXL-RE Disc: $0.16

The current licensees and registrants of One-Blue are:

• Action Asia Ltd.
• Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
• BBK AV Electronics Corp., Ltd.
• BlueStar Digital Technologies Inc.
• China Hualu Group Co., Ltd.
• Cyberlink Corporation *
• D&M Holdings Inc.
• Dell Global B.V. *
• Dongguan Contel Electronics Co., Ltd.
• Eastern Asia Technology Ltd.
• Epson Direct Corporation
• Forworld Electronics Co., Ltd.
• Fujitsu Limited *
• Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
• Guangzhou Panyu Juda Car Audio Equipment Co., Ltd.
• Hewlett-Packard Company *
• Huizhou Desay A&V Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
• JVC KENWOOD Corporation *
• Kaleidescape Inc.
• Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. *
• LG Electronics Inc. *
• Lite-On IT Corporation
• Panasonic Corporation *
• Pioneer Corporation *
• Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. *
• Sharp Corporation *
• Shenzhen Maxmade Technology Co., Ltd.
• Shenzhen Sea Star Technology Co., Ltd.
• Sony Corporation *
• TCL Technoly Electronics (Huizhou) Co., Ltd.
• Toyo Recording Co., Ltd.
• Yamaha Corporation *

* denotes company also One-Blue licensor.