[opendtv] Re: 8VSB Patents running out?
- From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:05:46 -0400
Over a range of years, but the main one on February 11, 2009.
TTFN,
Mark
Tom Barry wrote:
When do the patents run out?
- Tom
John Shutt wrote:
I guess the core 8-VSB patents are running out, so it's time for LG
to squeeze the stone one last time.
John
http://www.tvtechnology.com/pages/s.0016/t.4832.html
Zenith Sues for 8-VSB Patent Fees
April 13, 2007
Zenith is going after several TV makers that it claims are infringing
on its 8-VSB patents. The company, a subsidiary of Korea's LG
Electronics, developed the eight-level trellis-coded vestigial side
band technology that became the terrestrial DTV transmission standard
in the United States.
In a suit filed April 4 in U.S. District Court in Texarkana, Texas,
Zenith claims that a dozen of its patents were infringed upon by
Funai, Westinghouse Digital, Polaroid and parent company, Petters
Group, Vizio, Akai, APH USA and Syntax-Brillian.
According to the suit, Zenith wants the court to make the
infringement stop, and award it three times the amount that the
skirted license fees would have represented. It's also asking to be
awarded attorney fees and other costs associated with the lawsuit.
A Zenith spokesman declined to comment on pending litigation as a
matter of company policy.
Since the suit was filed, Syntax-Brillian, headquartered in Tempe,
Ariz., has settled with Zenith, according to a report in TWICE.com.
The same publication reported that Funai last month filed suit
against some of the same defendants, also for patent infringement. In
that case, Funai claimed Vizio, Petters and Syntax-Brillian were
using a technology for which Funai held an exclusive license.
Funai, based Osaka, Japan, makes TVs under its own name, as well as
Symphonic, Emerson and Sylvania.
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