Philips: DVD+RW Alliance has no right to negotiate royalty fee

Philips Electronics does not currently plan to lower its DVD+R/+RW disc royalty charge of $0.06 and the company stated that neither Ricoh nor the DVD+RW Alliance has the right to negotiate prices on its behalf, according to James Li, general manager of Philips Intellectual Property & Standards in Taiwan.

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