Taiwanese CMO announced on February 9 that it has signed an agreement with Japanese Sharp for the mutual cross-licensing of LCD-related patents. The agreement covers thousands of patents of both companies related to LCD TVs, LCD monitors, notebook PCs, and small- and medium-sized LCDs, and a time period of five years has been set for the agreement. Sharp's Dual View technology will not be included in the cross-licensing. Further details about the deal were not released by CMO and Sharp.