JVC KENWOOD Corporation has joined the One-Blue product licensing program as a licensor. JVC KENWOOD has been an important contributor to the development of the Blu-ray Disc standard and joins current licensors Cyberlink, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Panasonic, Philips and Sony.

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.