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What Bob Saw on the Net 25/10/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Best …

Tags:Best Buy| Germany| HTC| Investment| Litigation| Microsoft| Patents| Philips| Retail| Smart TV| Smartphones| Virtual Reality

Tokyo District Court Throws out Everlight Patent Lawsuit

by Andrew Fenn

Earlier this month, the Tokyo District Court dismissed claims filed by LED lighting manufacturer, Everlight, against Nichia Corporation, Citizen Electronics and Daiko Electric. In its lawsuit, Everlight claimed that the companies’ chip-on-board (COB) products …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 41

Vizio and AMD Reach Agreement In Patent Lawsuit

by Andrew Fenn

The US International Trade Commission has said it will not impose any further import bans on Vizio products infringing a patent at the centre of a recent lawsuit filed by AMD, after the two …

Tags:AMD| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vizio| Vol 25 - Issue 40

PTAB to Review Patent at the Centre of $45 Million HTC Lawsuit

by Andrew Fenn

The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has granted a request from HTC, allowing the company to review the validity of a VR technology patent which is currently the focus of a $45 …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 36

Seoul Semiconductor Sues Fry’s Over TVs

by Bob Raikes

LED maker, Seoul Semiconductor via its Seoul Viosys subsidiary, has started a lawsuit against Fry’s Electronics of the US. The company said that Fry’s has been selling LCD TVs with LED backlights that infringe …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| Litigation| Patents| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 34

3M Takes Two Companies to Court Over Gaming Touch Screens

by Andrew Fenn

3M and 3M Innovative Properties have filed a patent infringement lawsuit in federal district court in Las Vegas, US against South Korea-based Tovis, its subsidiary Tovis North America and Scientific Games. The suit alleges …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Future LG and Samsung Smartphones to Feature Rear Displays?

by Andrew Fenn

Patent filings that have appeared online indicate that Samsung and LG may soon implement full-colour secondary displays on the backs of their smartphones. One from Samsung shows a rear screen approximately half the size …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Blackbird Technologies Settles Patent Infringement Case with Lenovo

by Andrew Fenn

In March 2016, Blackbird Technologies filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Lenovo in the US District Court for the District of Delaware on a patent relating to a computer display system that transforms from …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Lightspeed Adds US to European Patent

by Bob Raikes

We reported from on the European patent for Lightspeed and its light recycling technology. Lightspeed Design’s New 3D Modulator and More Last month, the company said that it has now received a US patent …

Tags:Back Panel| Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Patents| Polariser-based 3D| Projectors| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Apple Ends an Era by Settling Samsung Patent War

by Steve Sechrist

It started out with a blockbuster lawsuit in 2011 that morphed into the “patent wars”with suits and counter-suits between the two technology giants that together supplied 90% of the smartphone market. But for all …

Tags:Apple| Patents| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 28

Lancom Receives European Patent for Integration of New Radio Technologies

by Andrew Fenn

Lancom, a German manufacturer of network infrastructure solutions for the public and private sectors, has received a European patent for integration of different radio technologies into its E-series WLAN access points. Lancom’s LN-830E WLAN …

Tags:Back Panel| E Ink| Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| Meeting Rooms| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 27