DVD Drive Settlement Claim Filing Deadline Is Just Days Away

There are only a few days left for eligible Class Members to file a claim for the DVD drive class action settlement.

If you purchased a computer that includes an internal optical disk drive or if you purchased a separate optical disk drive designed to be used with a computer, you may be entitled to a cash payment.

The deadline to file a claim for the DVD drive settlement is Oct. 30, 2017, so act quickly if you qualify! It only takes a few minutes to file a claim online.

There is no limit to the number of drives that can be claimed, and no proof of purchase is required to file a claim. However, claimants should only report the number of devices and/or drives they would testify to at trial under penalty of perjury.

The DVD drive class action settlement will resolve claims against a group of electronics companies who were accused of conspiring to fix the prices of optical disk drives, which are devices that allow data to be read from and/or written to DVDs, CDs and other computer software storage.

Optical disk drives such as DVD-RW, DVD-ROM or COMBO drives, are included in a variety of consumer electronic devices, including laptops and desktop computers.

The settling defendants include Koninklijke Philips NV, Lite-On IT Corporation, Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions Corporation, Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions U.S.A. Inc., Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer North America Inc., Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc., Pioneer High Fidelity Taiwan Co. Ltd., TEAC America Inc. and TEAC Corporation.

Together, the settling defendants have agreed to pay a total of $180 million to settle the DVD drive class action lawsuit.

A trial date of Feb. 12, 2018 has been set for the non-settling defendants, which include: BenQ Corporation, BenQ America Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corp., Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corp. Korea, and Quanta Storage Group.

How Do I Know If I Qualify?

Class Members of the indirect purchaser DVD drive settlement include residents of certain states who, between April 1, 2003 and Dec. 31, 2008, purchased (for their own use and not for resale) an optical disk drive (or a computer containing an internal optical disk drive) manufactured by one or more of the defendants or their alleged co-conspirators.

If you were a resident of one of the following states when you purchased a qualifying DVD drive product, you may be eligible to claim an estimated $10 per DVD drive:

• Arizona
• California
• District of Columbia
• Florida
• Hawaii
• Kansas
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• Oregon
• Tennessee
• Utah
• Vermont
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin

NOTE: Purchasers of Panasonic-brand computers are not covered by the DVD drive class action settlement. Optical disk drives purchased directly from a defendant are also not included in the DVD drive class action settlement.

For more information about the DVD drive settlement, including claim filing instructions, click here or visit www.DollarsForDiskDrives.com/TCA.

Class Members are represented by Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

The DVD Drive Price-Fixing Class Action Lawsuit is In re: Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 3:10-md-2143-RS, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division.