Honeywell Enforces LCD Patent

This week, Honeywell sued some of the biggest names in the consumer technology industry for infringement of its patents related to liquid crystal display (LCD) technology. (Patent No. 5,280,371).  The patent claims a backlight diffuser consisting of two sheets of cylindrical lenses between the backlight and the screen. 

Included on the list of defendants are Apple, Casio, Dell, Kodak, Fuji, Fujitsu, Nikon, Nokia, Pentax, Sony, Toshiba, and more. The two largest producers of flat panel monitors, LG Philips and Samsung, have already taken licenses under the patent.