Canon Wins SED Lawsuit - Now Can Produce SED TVs

Lee Stewart · 08-07-2008, 05:42 PM

Canon Wins SED Lawsuit - Now Can Produce SED TVs

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Home Theater News Industry-Trade News
Written by AVRev.com
Thursday, 07 August 2008

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued its opinion in its litigation with Canon, Inc. The appeals court in part affirmed, and in part reversed, the rulings of the district court. While the appeals court accepted, without deciding, the district court's decision that SED, Inc. as originally formed did not qualify as a Canon subsidiary, and that Canon had materially breached the contract, it found that termination of the license agreement was not an appropriate remedy.

The appeals court also ruled that the restructured SED, Inc., which is 100% owned by Canon, now qualifies as a Canon subsidiary. The appeals court denied Applied Nanotech's appeal that the district court had improperly excluded certain evidence from the trial. The decision reinstates Canon's non-exclusive license to substantially all of Applied Nanotech's field emission patents, excluding certain display applications. The entire ruling can be found at the court's website at www.ca5.uscourts.gov.

"Our legal counsel is currently reviewing the possible next steps in the litigation, and while we are disappointed by the Court's decision, it has no impact on our day to day operation of the business," said Tom Bijou, Chairman and CEO of Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. "We have not factored any income from Canon into our business plans. We continue to make excellent progress in the other areas of our business, including conductive inks, sensors, and nanomaterials, as well as in other activities in the electron emission and display fields, such as backlights. Our revenue and backlog levels remain strong."

http://www.avrev.com/home-theater-ne...e-sed-tvs.html

Loves2Watch · 08-07-2008, 05:45 PM

Now let's hope this technology finally comes to market.

Lee Stewart · 08-07-2008, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Loves2Watch

Now let's hope this technology finally comes to market.

Can it do something that OLED can't?

Loves2Watch · 08-07-2008, 09:07 PM

From what I have read it is the closest thing to CRT of any technology and gives the deepest blacks as well as pure colors. The proof is in the pudding though.

Lee Stewart · 08-07-2008, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Loves2Watch

From what I have read it is the closest thing to CRT of any technology and gives the deepest blacks as well as pure colors. The proof is in the pudding though.

Canon a big player in the HDTV industry?

haijak · 08-17-2008, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

Can it do something that OLED can't?

Color range as good as the best CRTs, the size and shape of current plasmas, cheaper than plasmas (same price at most), in time for Christmas 2009. Not in 5 to 10 years. Could have been a couple years ago, if not for "new product enabling" patent law.

Lee Stewart · 08-18-2008, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by haijak

Color range as good as the best CRTs, the size and shape of current plasmas, cheaper than plasmas (same price at most), in time for Christmas 2009. Not in 5 to 10 years. Could have been a couple years ago, if not for "new product enabling" patent law.

Do you have a link that supports your stance that SED costs the same to make as PDP?

Cause I remember Toshiba saying it costs more - alot more to manufacturer than PDP.

**PFC5** · 08-18-2008, 04:20 PM

I seem to remember reading something about how it would be cheaper in the long run, but of course it would cost more in the beginning because R&D costs would have to be recovered and the mfg process streamlined as most products/technology usually can do.

I doubt it will be cheaper for a few years, but the more competition the better and I think SED was further along compared to OLED is thus far. At least they had bigger displays that worked.

Thanks for the link though since i may be able to get one in a few years at a reasonable price with any luck now, compared to NO CHANCE before this changed ruling.

I could never figure out WHY Nano wanted to be such a stickler about this as it would have likely killed any chance for them to get any royalties EVER when they won in district court.

**PFC5** · 09-25-2009, 04:17 PM

http://www.reuters.com/article/compa...36435820090824

Click the link for the rest but this is the parts about SED:

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Osawa also said Canon plans to continue development of surface-conduction electron-emitter display (SED) technology despite sharp falls in LCD prices, although more time will be needed for a commercial launch.

SEDs were once seen as promising next-generation flat displays, but steep price falls in LCD and plasma panels have raised concerns over the viability of the commercially untested technology. "I believe SEDs have technological competitiveness. But LCD prices have fallen at a much quicker clip than we had anticipated," Owasa said.

"When it comes to costs and technological expertise for commercial production, we need some time to catch up."

Loves2Watch · 09-26-2009, 09:28 AM

I'm ready...

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PFC5 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 28,385	I seem to remember reading something about how it would be cheaper in the long run, but of course it would cost more in the beginning because R&D costs would have to be recovered and the mfg process streamlined as most products/technology usually can do. I doubt it will be cheaper for a few years, but the more competition the better and I think SED was further along compared to OLED is thus far. At least they had bigger displays that worked. Thanks for the link though since i may be able to get one in a few years at a reasonable price with any luck now, compared to NO CHANCE before this changed ruling. I could never figure out WHY Nano wanted to be such a stickler about this as it would have likely killed any chance for them to get any royalties EVER when they won in district court. __________________ Denon AVR-887 Klipsch RP-5 Pwred Towers (mains) (525 watts peak each 12"Subs) All Klipsch RC-25(ctr),(2)SS1(surr),(2)SS1(rearSurr) Toshiba (2)HD-A20,PS3,BD35 For SACD/DVD-A Samsung HD-841 Panny 50pz80u plasma SETTINGS RCA HD50LPW162 50"DLP w/HD2+ SA 3250HD 47" LCD+Yamaha5790+HD-A1(bedroom) Harmony 680 + (2) 670s (amazing remote/support) Game room with Onkyo receiver & B&W Speakers The_Cable_Game Take the high ground and be happier

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