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July 2, 2009
Cut to Commercial
In
years past, big-screen TV buyers gravitated to plasma displays, as LCDs were
prohibitively expense for 50+ inch screens. But as LCD screen technology has
advanced, plasma sales have receded. In 2008, four million plasma screens were
sold in North America, while 30 million LCD TVs found homes. That gap is
widening. And so
the price of plasma displays is dropping. With market realities in mind,
Japan's Hitachi and Korea's LG Electronics have settled their plasma patent
dispute with a
cross-license.
Posted by Patent Hawk at July 2, 2009 12:24 AM | Patents In Business