Toshiba today said that it filed a formal complaint on April 6 with the International Trade Commission against 17 manufacturers and importers of DVD players, DVD recorders and other DVD-related products, as a means to halt the alleged infringement of Toshiba's DVD patents. Toshiba's filing requests that the ITC prohibit the importation into the United States of DVD players, DVD recorders and other DVD-related products by the companies named in the complaint. In a related move, Toshiba also filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on the same day, seeking damages resulting from claimed infringement of Toshiba's DVD patents by the same 17 companies. Companies named in the lawsuit include Daewoo Electronics America; Dongguan GVG Digital Technology; Dongguan GVG Digital Technology Holdings; Dongguan Xin Lian Digital Technology; GVG Digital Technology Holdings; jWIN Electronics; Memcorp; Star Light Electronics; Starlight International Holdings; Starlight Marketing; Tonic Digital Products; Tonic DVB Marketing; Tonic Electronics; Tonic Industries Holdings; Tonic Technology Limited; Tonic Technology; and Tonic Trading Development.

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