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January 25, 2008


Dear Madam/Sir:

         On behalf of the DVD6C Licensing Group (DVD6C), we are pleased to offer your company a portfolio license that covers essential patents for certain DVD formats and +R/+RW Disc formats. The members of DVD6C – Hitachi Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd (Panasonic), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sharp Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. – collectively own hundreds of essential patents for these DVD formats and +R/+RW Disc formats. We offer a portfolio license to all of the essential patents owned by DVD6C members for players, recorders, drives, encoders, decoders, discs and cases implementing the DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD-R and DVD Video Recording formats, and discs implementing the +R/+RW Disc formats.

         All companies that practice these patents, including in the manufacture of players, recorders, drives, encoders, decoders, discs and disc cases, must be licensed. DVD6C's joint licensing program offers an efficient means to be licensed and, therefore, to avoid patent infringement, by offering a package of essential patents owned by the nine members. The nine members of DVD6C have authorized Toshiba to act as a licensing agent for the members of DVD6C, in cooperation with Panasonic and Hitachi, which assist the licensing activities on a regional basis in the Americas, for Panasonic, and Asia (excluding Japan), Oceania and the Middle East, for Hitachi. Toshiba also acts as the regional window for Japan, Europe and Africa (including Egypt).

         DVD6C licensees have the option of selecting portfolio licenses for particular categories of products, as listed below. Each of these licenses covers all essential patents owned by the DVD6C members for the particular category(ies) of products listed below and selected by the licensee, but not any patents that are not essential for the category(ies) of products chosen.

         The royalty rates applicable to the portfolio license and for the optional licenses available for particular categories of products (should you elect one or more licenses for the categories of products listed below) are as follows:

Category New Royalty
DVD-Video Player The greater of
(i) 4% of the net selling price or
(ii) US$4.00 per player or,
US$3.00 per player on or after the effective date of the DVD6C license agreement
US$8.00 at maximum on or after January 1, 2003
DVD-Audio Player The greater of
(i) 4% of the net selling price or
(ii) US$4.00 per player or,
US$3.00 per player on or after the effective date of the DVD6C license agreement
US$8.00 at maximum on or after January 1, 2003
DVD-ROM Drive The greater of
(i) 4% of the net selling price or
(ii) US$4.00 per drive or,
US$3.00 per drive on or after the effective date of the DVD6C license agreement
US$8.00 at maximum on or after January 1, 2003
DVD-ROM Disc US$0.075 per disc;
US$0.065 per disc on or after January 1, 2002;
US$0.05 per disc on or after January 1, 2004;
US$0.04 per disc on or after the effective date of the DVD6C license agreement
DVD-Video Disc US$0.075 per disc;
US$0.065 per disc on or after January 1, 2002;
US$0.05 per disc on or after January 1, 2004;
US$0.04 per disc on or after the effective date of the DVD6C license agreement
DVD-Audio Disc US$0.075 per disc;
US$0.05 per disc on or after January 1, 2004;
US$0.04 per disc on or after the effective date of the DVD6C license agreement
DVD Decoder 4% of the net selling price or US$1.00 per decoder,
whichever is greater
DVD Video Recorder 4% of the net selling price or US$6.00 per recorder,
whichever is greater
DVD (Recordable Disc) Drive 4% of the net selling price or US$6.00 per drive,
whichever is greater
DVD Encoder 4% of the net selling price or US$1.50 per encoder,
whichever is greater
DVD-R Disc The greater of
(i) 4% of the net selling price or
(ii) US$0.075 per disc;
US$0.045 per disc on or after January 1, 2006
DVD-RW Disc The greater of
(i) 4% of the net selling price or
(ii) US$0.075 per disc or,
US$0.065 per disc on or after the effective date of the DVD6C license agreement
DVD-RAM Disc The greater of
(i) 4% of the net selling price or
(ii) US$0.075 per disc or,
US$0.065 per disc on or after the effective date of the DVD6C license agreement
Recordable Disc Case 4% of the net selling price or US$0.005 per case,
whichever is greater
+R Disc The greater of
(i) 4% of the net selling price or
(ii) US$0.075 per disc, or US$0.045 per disc on or after January 1, 2006
+RW Disc The greater of
(i) 4% of the net selling price or
(ii) US$0.075 per disc or, US$0.065 per disc on or after the effective date of the DVD6C license agreement

         Please note that this patent licensing program does not cover MPEG-2 or other digital compression patents or copy protection patents, which are licensed through separate entities.

         If you are interested in taking a license under this joint licensing program with respect to any of the categories set forth above, please complete the attached form and return the same to the following address:

[CONTACT ADDRESS]

Upon receipt of the form, we will send you the DVD6C license agreement. For more information, please refer to our website at http://www.dvd6cla.com.

         If you would like to inquire about the availability of a license to a category of products not included in this letter, or to fewer than all of the essential patents for any product category listed above, please write to the DVD6C licensing agent at the address set forth above. In this respect, please note that DVD6C may not be able to make all particular licenses requested available on a portfolio basis and reserves the right to refer the company making the request to the individual members of DVD6C, each of which has committed to making any of its essential patents for the product categories listed above available for licensing on fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms.
[To contact each DVD6C member company, please refer to Contact Address of Individual License.]

         This letter is without prejudice to any and all rights of the members of DVD6C, all of which are expressly reserved.

         If you have any questions relating to this matter, please do not hesitate to contact the above.

         With best regards,



>>>Attachment. Application Form for New Licensees




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