Japan Today is reporting today that the on-again and off-again pending launch of SED TV is off again, at least for the time being. The problem appears to be that Nano-Proprietary Inc who is one of the technology patent holders, refuses to extend intellectual property rights to Toshiba, who happens to be Canon’s partner in SED Inc. Nano-Prop is suing Canon saying that Canon is in violation of their license agreement – lawsuit details available at this website (PDF alert).
Not good for TV fidelity aficionados, but the legal system must be served.
Litigation May Force Delay in Toshiba-Canon TV Plant - Japan Today, Jan 1 2007
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in the future, everybody will sue everybody else
This whole story is amazing. From good to bad then
good again then worse in only two weeks.
Hi Everybody – This is a great blog
Just registered and wanted to say hello.
I would’ve bought an SED TV back in ’05 if I could’ve, but the waiting was unbearable.