Canon SED fraud case dismissed

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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/category/displays/" rel="tag">Displays</a>, <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/category/hdtv/" rel="tag">HDTV</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="bottom" style="margin: auto; display: block;" alt="SED Television" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/12/12.21.06-sedtv.jpg" /><br />Nano-Proprietary's fraud lawsuit against Canon in a Texas court has been dismissed, with a jury saying no damages had been sustained, since no products have actually shipped. Nano-Proprietary holds patents to some of the technology behind <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/SED/">SED</a>, and licensed it to Canon in 1999. Canon then brought Toshiba in as a manufacturing partner, and <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/02/23/judge-favors-nano-proprietary-in-canon-licensing-quandary/">Nano filed suit</a>. Now that all claims against Canon USA have been dropped, Canon doesn't have to pay any additional damages to Nano beyond the price of the original license -- but because the original SED patent licensing agreements with Canon have also been scrapped, rights to build the next-generation television have to be negotiated all over again.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/31924/118/">TG Daily</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">*</p><p><a href=http://www.canon.com/press/2007/sed2007may4.html>Read</a> | <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2007/05/07/canon-sed-fraud-case-dismissed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/forward/890693/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2007/05/07/canon-sed-fraud-case-dismissed/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><p><a title="Sponsored By" href="http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=432220&cm_ven=360i&cm_cat=Media&cm_pla=engadget&cm_ite=rsslink" target="_blank">Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System</a> Packs the power to bring games to life!</p>

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