Two industrial manufacturers, Guardian Industries Corp. and Honeywell International Inc., have sued dozens of companies in the global PC and video display businesses in a U.S. federal court to try to recoup royalties on liquid-crystal technology. Guardian Industries, a maker of industrial glass, and Honeywell, known for making weapons systems, assert in filings in the U.S. District Court in Delaware that their intellectual property for liquid crystal displays, used in notebook computers, TVs, and cellular phones, have been infringed.
Taiwan and South Korea are the two primary centers of LCD production, which is growing rapidly as demand for LCD-based televisions rises. The lawsuits target the LCD industry directly, but also assert claims against companies that incorporate LCDs into final electronic products. Jin Kim, the director LCD market research for research firm DisplaySearch, said the LCD business largely avoided patent lawsuits through its earlier years, but has attracted litigants as the business blossomed into a $40 billion market.
News source: Reuters
Taiwan and South Korea are the two primary centers of LCD production, which is growing rapidly as demand for LCD-based televisions rises. The lawsuits target the LCD industry directly, but also assert claims against companies that incorporate LCDs into final electronic products. Jin Kim, the director LCD market research for research firm DisplaySearch, said the LCD business largely avoided patent lawsuits through its earlier years, but has attracted litigants as the business blossomed into a $40 billion market.
News source: Reuters
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Then when the idea gets marketed, they wait until millions of dollars flows into the company, they then hire a lawyer and fire up a lawsuit claiming the idea was stolen.
It's a scam for lazyass people who won't lift a finger to work the money for themselves, they just wait for someone else to do it for them and then spunge it all off the company for themselves.
I don't know about you guys, but I hate lazy people who won't earn some real work and money for themselves.
It's a scam for lazyass people who won't lift a finger to work the money for themselves
People are way to quick to label each & every patent lawsuit as a scam/squat/etc.
Based on what I've read, these patents cover recently introduced LCD technologies. And these companies are in active business with the technologies that these patents cover. There are many patent-squatters and investment companies that fit your critisism, but I just don't see it in this case.
And in all fairness... if the patents are legit, isn't it the company being sued that is the lazy one for not diligently researching who owns the rights to the technology? Granted, quite a many patents overlap each other and are questionable... but it's something one has to account for (and something that many do not).
No, but that would be a great idea to help thwart the squatters. They are valid for 20 years, but no requirements about actually making use of it.
However, if you invented something... even if it were something you could not use/produce/etc... wouldn't you want to be compensated if someone infringed on your idea? OVerall, the squatters & investment coompanies usually do exactly what yizuman say they do, however, if they are valid patents, they are still entitled to their right to charge for the use of their idea... no matter how much we all disagree with that practice.
Easy money hey? Why work or be creative? Lets create a bunch of patent and wait.....
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