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Bright LCD Patent Dispute

Posted by samzenpus on from the that-was-my-idea dept.

pcp_ip writes "Honeywell filed suit Wednesday against 34 companies (including, Apple, Dell, Sony, Kodak, Fuji et al.) for infringment of patent 5,280,371. The patent for "a directional diffuser for a liquid crystal display" was filed on January 1994 and enables "a display to produce a brighter image without requiring additional power." Honeywell is looking for an injunction to prevent the defendants from continuing to infringe its patent, and for "damages adequate to compensate them for Defendants infringement." So much for LCD prices coming down! Where's OLED when you need it?"

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  1. Welcome to the age of Corporate America! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I pledge allegiance, to the United Corporations of America. One nation, under corporate litigation, and justice for no one (but the CEO's and their lawyers).

  2. Honeywell? by nurb432 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Another example of a dying company trying to save their ass via old patents..

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    ---- Booth was a patriot ----