One-Blue today announced that Hewlett-Packard, the world?s largest technology company, has joined the One-Blue product licensing program as a licensor.

HP has been a contributor to the development of the Blu-ray Disc standard and joins current licensors Cyberlink, Hitachi, Panasonic, Philips and Sony.

"We are very pleased that HP has joined our licensing program as a licensor. HP has made significant contributions to the Blu-ray DiscTM standard and therefore adds valuable essential patents to the program. We hope that this important step also encourages other industry leaders to follow and join our program", says Roel Kramer, CEO of One-Blue.

One-Blue administers the licensing program for patents essential to Blu-ray Disc products and is the joint licensing agent of its licensors. For hardware and software products, the product license covers Blu-ray Disc, DVD and CD essential patents; for disc products, the product license covers Blu-ray Disc essential patents.