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Canon cleared to resume work on SED TV (now that the world doesn't care)
Engadget — We're hard pressed to think of a display-related story that has lingered on longer than SED (well over four years at last count), and believe it or not, this still isn't apt to be the last you hear of it. If you'll recall, Canon recently declared victory after winning a lawsuit against Applied Nanotech that was previously holding it back from making progress, and now Applied Nanotech has waved the final white flag by giving up its right to appeal. Comically enough, it may actually be too late for Canon to even salvage the win, with president ...

Applied Nanotech drops SED lawsuit against Canon
DV Hardware — ... FT reports the way for SED TVs has finally been cleared as Applied Nanotech lost a patent lawsuit that delayed progress on this technology for more than three years: ...

Canon May Pursue SED Display Technogy After Winning Legal Battles
Maximum PC — ... SED-based televisions after having won the patent suit. Douglas Baker, Applied Nanotech's chief financial officer, admitted "it would probably be a futile effort" to try and appeal the case in the U.S. Supreme Court, so the only thing stopping Canon at this point is, well, the fear of being laughed at."At times like this, new display products are not introduced much because would laugh at them," Tsuneji Uchida, Canon's president, told Financial Times . Uchida did say that Canon has been working on a cost competitive SED production process, so perhaps SED TVs ...

Canon SED technology redux???
DriverHeaven.net — ... Just saw this through an Inquirer article - the basis for their article is the Financial Times/UK. Link here: FT.com / UK - Canon clear to launch new type of TV Exciting news, but bad timing considering the credit problems worldwide and other factors. ...