Citing an inability to agree to royalty terms, Philips Electronics NV has terminated a licensing agreement that had transferred recordable compact-disk, or CD-R, technology to Taiwan's Ritek Corp.

According to some downstream vendors, Ritek has warned them that the quote price for CD-R discs may rise again in March. Gordon Yeh, CEO of Ritek, admitted that a price rise is possible but said it ...

CMC Magnetics and Ritek have reached a consensus with Royal Philips Electronics about new licensing terms for Philips' CD-R and DVD+R/-R patents. A new contracts are to be signed as early as the end ...

Ritek, one of the world's largest makers of blank CDs, and Philips, which holds key CD patents, have ended a dispute that had threatened to slow shipments of CD-Rs. The two companies have agreed terms ...