Bright LCD Patent Dispute

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?"

Karma for Kodak

[mfh]

Kodak, eh? Oh isn't Karma [slashdot.org] a bitch? :-)

All your LCDs

[Anonymous Coward]

are belong to Honeywell.

Set us up the patent.

Re:The more the merrier

[MmmDee]

Lawsuit 101: You go for the deep pockets with the shotgun approach.

Re:Honeywell vs. Irate Slashdotters

[nocomment]

Hye thanks for reminding me. I almost forgot to slashdot them. I went and clicked the honey well link and hit refresh a few times ;-)

Amateur Hour!

[HellYeahAutomaton]

I don't even want to hear about new display technology until I can throw some grey goo at the wall and have them new fangled nanomachines playing video.

Re:This is just getting silly!!

[drinkypoo]

If the USPTO had been around when the comet hit, we probably wouldn't have any life on Earth higher than a cockroach. Earth would be populated by patent officers and lawyers.

Grr.

[boredMDer]

God damnit.

I work for Honeywell.

Now, who to vote for, Honeywell or Apple...

Re:Yet another example of patent BS.

[MightyYar]

Mankind went a heck of a lot longer than 2000 years without internal combustion engines.

Nope, they were invented in 98,000 BC, along with duct tape.

Re:Hold on.

[cheekyboy]

No, its called a "Tony Soprano licence"

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