The duel over the DualDisc

Not that we were exactly waiting with bated breath for these to come out, but the DualDisc, that double-sided hybrid disc format that fits regular CD audio tracks on one side and DVD music or video on the other, might be coming out as soon as we had expected it to. A German company says that the DualDisc infringes on a patent they hold for the DVD
Plus, an earlier hybrid DVD/CD disc (as we've made it abundantly clear before, several hybrid DVD/CD discs have already been on the market for years), as well as some earlier licensing deals, so both sides are in the midst of negotiations trying to sort thngs out (translation: lots of lawyers will make lots of money and one side will end up paying the other side even more money).