According to EngadgetHD, Funai has won in their legal battle and Vizio should not be able to import television at this point.
Vizio isn’t paying them much attention and is still bringing televisions in.
From their press release:
“VIZIO intends to move and is moving aggressively on all possible avenues to protect its rights. Funai’s failure to license its patents on reasonable and non-discriminatory basis is the subject of a lawsuit in federal district court in California as well as a complaint filed with the FCC, stated Laynie Newsome, VIZIO Co-Founder, VP Sales & Marketing Communications. “Even though the ITC has issued this limited exclusion order we believe that our appeal to the Federal Circuit will overturn the ruling with knowledge that the USPTO issued a second and final rejection of Funai’s ’074 patent just as they had done earlier with their ’369 patent. While we appeal the ITC ruling with the Federal Circuit’s U.S. Court of Appeals, we will continue to offer American’s the best performance TVs at the best values. Even though we are committed to our policy to respect the rights of intellectual property holders, we will continue to thoroughly investigate all claims, and vigorously defend our legal rights when we feel a claim is invalid or not infringed.”
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