development . for the mitsubishi company see mitsubishi electric . melco holdings inc. type public traded as tyo 6676 industry computer hardware founded 1975 japan headquarters nagoya aichi japan key people makoto maki ceo products electronics revenue jpy134 .547 billion number of employees 50 melco group related 824 website http www.melcoinc.com melco holdings inc. is a family business founded by makoto maki in 1975 and is located in japan . the company s most recognizable brand is buffalo inc. buffalo inc. is currently one of the 14 subsidiaries of melco holdings inc. initially founded as an audio equipment manufacturer the company entered the computer peripheral market in 1981 with an eeprom writer . the name buffalo is derived from one of company s first products a printer buffer and the name for the american bison buffalo . contents 1 name 2 history 3 corporate structure 3.1 board of directors 3.2 melco divisions 4 products 5 controversy 6 see also 7 references 8 external links name edit melco s name stands for maki engineering laboratory company . 1 history edit melco holdings inc. was incorporated in 1986 ; currently its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacture of random access memory products flash memory products usb products cd rom dvd rw drives hard disks local area network products printer buffers liquid crystal displays microsoft windows accelerators personal computer components and cpu accelerators . a subsidiary of melco provides corporate services in japan like internet set up terminal installation set up computer education and computer maintenance . the company has also started selling solid state drives in japan . 2 buffalo technology usa is the north american subsidiary of the group and is based in austin texas . corporate structure edit board of directors edit title person president and ceo makoto maki senior managing director kuniaki saiki managing director hiromichi maki director hidetoshi yamaguchi director tamio matsuo director hiromi maki director iwao tsusaka senior corporate auditor kiyoshi kobayashi corporate auditor toshio nishikawa corporate auditor yuzuru kawashima corporate auditor tomotsune sumi as of june 28 2007 melco divisions edit japan cfd sales inc. buffalo technology japan buffalo logistics inc. buffalo lease inc. buffalo direct inc. melco personal support inc. buffalo it solutions inc. liberty shipping inc. buffalo kokuyo supply inc. asia buffalo technology taiwan inc. buffalo technology korea melco asset management pte. ltd. u.s.a. buffalo technology usa inc. europe buffalo technology uk limited buffalo technology ireland limited buffalo technology deutschland products edit nintendo wi fi usb connector buffalo network attached storage series external hard drive hd dvd computer drive airstation residential gateway aoss memory so dimm and dimm usb flash drive upnp media rendering hardware kuro box pro kuro box hg wr linkstation hg terastation drivestation external hard drive nintendo wi fi usb connector a buffalo airstation linkstation pro and kurobox pro controversy edit in late 2006 the australian commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation csiro won a lawsuit against buffalo inc. under which it would receive a royalty for every wlan product worldwide . 3 the lawsuits basis was that csiro was granted us patent 5487069 in 1996 which grants elements of 802.11 a g wireless technology that had become an industry standard . 4 in june 2007 the federal court in texas granted an injunction to prevent any more wireless products from shipping until a license agreement had been reached . 5 on september 19 2008 the federal circuit ruled in buffalo s favor and has remanded this case to the district court ruling that the district court s summary judgment was insufficient on the merits of obviousness of csiro s patent . therefore this case will be tried again before the district court . in this connection buffalo is hopeful that it will shortly be permitted to once again sell ieee 802.11 a and 802.11 g compliant products in the united states . see also edit airstation buffalo network attached storage series references edit melco holdings inc. business report 2007 http vr zone.com articles buffalo enters the consumer ssd market 15076.html darren murph engadget . csiro wins landmark wlan lawsuit against buffalo more to come . november 16 2006 . darren murph engadget . csiro wins landmark wlan lawsuit against buffalo more to come . november 16 2006 . tim higgins tg daily . csiro shuts down buffalo wlan shipments . june 20 2007 . external links edit buffalo s web page dodgy installer drops trojan in japanese buffalo update the register 2014 06 04 wikimedia commons has media related to buffalo company . v t e electronics industry in japan companies current alaxala networks alinco alps alpine anritsu aor audio technica brother canon casio citizen watch cosina d & m holdings denon marantz daikin dainippon screen denso dnp eiki eizo elpida esp guitars fanuc 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