Optical Disc Drive Price Fixing

Case Name:

Neil Godfrey. v. Sony Corporation et al.

Court:

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Date Filed:

September 27, 2010

Class Members:

All persons resident in Canada who purchased optical disc drives (“ODD”) manufactured or supplied by the defendants in this action, or products that contain ODD (“ODD Products”) in which the ODD was manufactured or supplied by the defendants in this action, in the period from January 1, 2004 through January 1, 2010

Co-counsel:

Charles M. Wright, of Siskinds LLP

Jeff Orenstein, of Consumer Law Group

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This class action relates to the alleged price fixing of optical disc drives (“ODD”) or products that contained ODD between January 1, 2004 and January 1, 2010.

Settlement Approval

On July 8, 2020, the BC Court certified a settlement class regarding a settlement entered into with Toshiba Corporation, Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation, Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation, Toshiba of Canada Limited, Toshiba America Consumer Products, LLC, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics Canada Inc., and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (collectively “TSST”).

The TSST settlement (the “TSST Settlement Agreement”) is subject to Court approval in British Columbia and Quebec. Hearings to approve the TSST Settlement Agreement will be held as follows:

British Columbia: at the Vancouver courthouse on September 30, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.
Quebec: at the Montreal courthouse on October 1, 2020 at 9:15 a.m.

For details of the TSST Settlement Agreement and settlement hearings, please see the Long Form Notices (English and French) located under the “Important Documents” heading. The deadline to object is September 25, 2020.

Contested Certification

This action has now been certified. Please see Reasons for Judgment of Mr. Justice Masuhara pronounced May 13, 2016 below. The Judgement was upheld on appeal to the BC Court of Appeal and by the Supreme Court of Canada.

You are a member of this certified class action if you are a resident of Canada and fall into one of the below categories:

Non-Umbrella Purchasers:

Umbrella Purchasers:

All persons resident in Canada who purchased optical disc drives (“ODD”) that were not manufactured or supplied by the defendants in this action, or products that contain ODD (“ODD Products”) in which the ODD was not manufactured or supplied by the defendants in this action, in the period from January 1, 2004 through January 1, 2010.

ODD means a device that reads and/or writes to CD-ROM, CD-R/RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray R/RW, and HD DVD.

ODD Product means computers, video game consoles and ODDs that are designed to be attached externally to devices such as computers.

For more information, please see the Long Form Notice (English and French) located under the “Important Documents” heading.

Important Documents:

For more information please contact Sharon Wong, Paralegal at (604) 689-7555 or by email at [email protected].