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Optical Disc Drive Price Fixing
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.
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:
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.
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:
- Long Form Notice
- Avis Long
- Fourth Amended Notice of Civil Claim
- Reasons for Judgment of Mr. Justice Masuhara pronounced May 13, 2016
- British Columbia Court of Appeal Reasons of August 18, 2017
- SCC Reasons
- TEAC Settlement Agreement
- NEC Settlement Agreement
- HLDs Settlement Agreement
- Sony Settlement Agreement
- PLDS Settlement Agreement
For more information please contact Sharon Wong, Paralegal at (604) 689-7555 or by email at [email protected].
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