CyberLink Corp. announced today ownership of a patent for technology that is essential to the Blu-ray Disc standard. The patent relates to the specifications for interactive content over a network for prerecorded Blu-ray Discs, BD-RO specification part 3-2, the BD-J profile 2.

CyberLink recently attended the first meeting of the Blu-ray Disc patent holders meeting, which was held to formulate a joint patent license for Blu-ray Disc technologies. The joint license is designed to simplify the licensing arrangements for the Blu-ray Disc format and is being managed by MPEG LA on behalf of 17 essential patent owners, including CyberLink.

More information about CyberLink's support for next-generation disc formats, and the complete range of CyberLink software, is available at www.cyberlink.com. For more information about MPEG LA and the joint license for owners of essential patents for Blu-ray Disc technology, please visit http://www.mpegla.com/news.cfm.