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Check your supplier
Does your company import or buy-in CD, DVD, or other optical media products from a third-party manufacturer? If so, we strongly advise you to check that your supplier sells licensed products. In many countries, if you receive unlicensed products you could be liable for patent infringement.
We provide two tools that allow you to check whether your supplier is licensed:
1. Licensee Database
2. Licensing Status Conformation Document (LSCD)
To reduce to risk of liability for infringement that may result from importing, selling, and/or using unlicensed products, we strongly recommend you follow the steps below and take all necessary precautions to ensure your products are licensed.
1. Check the Licensee Database
Check your supplier is listed in the Licensee Database on this website for the particular product you are buying. A company listed as a CD licensee may not have a license agreement for DVD.
2. Demand an LSCD for each shipment
Ask your supplier to provide an LSCD specifically identifying the products and quantities you are purchasing.
3. Verify the validity of the LSCD
Check the date of shipping. LSCDs must be requested on or before the shipping date. They are free of charge and usually issued within a day or so. If your supplier says it will take longer, we suggest you contact us. LSCDs will not be issued if the goods are close to or already at their destination.
Please note: in the absence of an LSCD, assurances and indemnifications from your supplier will not provide a valid defense against any claims for patent infringement.
Checking whether your supplier is listed as a licensee in our Licensee Database is essential. But it is not be enough to ensure that you, as a buyer, are free of liability for patent infringement. Your supplier must also give Philips an accurate report of each optical disc, drive or player sold to you and must pay all royalties due.
In our license agreements, ‘licensed products’ are limited to those ‘which are duly reported and for which the royalties due hereunder are paid in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement’. If your supplier does not accurately report the products sold to you and / or does not pay the royalties due, then the supplier was not ‘licensed’ or ‘authorized’ by us to sell those products. Any downstream buyer receiving such unlicensed products may be held liable for damages for patent infringement.
If you are in any doubt or have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us.
The Licensed Status Confirmation Document (LSCD)
The Licensed Status Confirmation Document enables manufacturers, importers and traders to demonstrate the licensed status of products to customers and customs authorities. We supply licensees with LSCDs for shipments of specified CD and DVD products on request and at no additional charge.
This LSCD confirms that, according to the information submitted by the licensee to Philips via this website, the goods specified in the document originate from a licensed manufacturer and the products identified in the LSCD have been reported to Philips.
Licensees should be able to make an LSCD available well before shipping, as soon as the product, quantities and delivery date are known. Beware of licensees who are unable to supply an LSCD: they may be infringing patents. LSCDs will not be issued for shipments that are close to entering a new territory: 1 week by ship or 1 day by plane.
FAQs
Who can request an LSCD?
All licensed manufacturers who have accepted the conditions related to the supply of data for this document.
How can I check the validity of an LSCD?
You should check that the date and other details on the LSCD match the purchase order and shipment. Furthermore, you can always contact us. Please include the reference number (it starts with LD), the model number of the product, the quantities involved and the expected date of delivery to the final destination.
What does an LSCD look like?
I’m a licensed manufacturer, how do I get an LSCD?
The conditions, how to apply and the application form
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