Though microdisplay supplier Kopin landed its first microLED patents in the 1990s, it didn’t consider commercializing the technology until recently, founder-CEO John Fan told Insight Media President Chris Chinnock in a published Q&A Monday. “As laser printers became better and cheaper,” the LED printers of the 1990s “became obsolete,” said Fan. In the time when the first patents were granted, the technology for thin-film LEDs and bonding to silicon “was immature and possible applications for LED microdisplays were not clear,” he said. Kopin is investigating how microLED can “complement our display portfolio,” said Fan. “This would be a logical progression.” MicroLED’s biggest advantage is its potential for very high brightness, which would be “useful” for augmented-reality applications, but using the technology in microdisplays is “still in an early stage of development,” he said. Done successfully, it “could be the ultimate display,” he said.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its fall 2020 regulatory agenda for CBP. The agenda includes no new trade actions.
The Bureau of Industry and Security should apply the “minimal” necessary level of export controls on foundational technologies to prevent impacts on U.S. academic research, universities said in comments to the agency. BIS also should reexamine which technologies it defines as “emerging” because some are already commercially widespread, a British aerospace company said.
Jaguar Land Rover seeks a ban on imports of automobiles with vehicle control systems that infringe its patents, it told the International Trade Commission in a Section 337 complaint filed Nov. 19. Jaguar says Porsche, Volkswagen, Lamborghini and Audi are importing vehicles that copy its patented Terrain Response technology. Specifically, Lamborghini’s Urus; Porsche’s Cayenne; Audi’s Q8, Q7, Q5, A6 Allroad and e-tron; and Volkswagen’s Tiguan vehicles use the infringing technology. Jaguar is requesting a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Lamborghini, Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen. Comments are due to the ITC by Dec. 3.
Windstream agreed to pay $18,000 and institute a compliance plan as part of a settlement with the FCC Enforcement Bureau over the company’s construction of two wireless towers on tribal land without the on-site monitoring requested by the affected tribes, said a consent decree Monday. Windstream self-reported the violation in 2019 and said a contractor performed “construction activities.” The company “admits that it constructed at the Nebraska Tower and Arkansas Tower without the onsite monitoring requested by the affected tribes,” said the consent decree. The carrier must implement a compliance procedure and employee training and report on its compliance to the FCC for three years. The telco didn’t comment.
Intel denies “each and every” Philips allegation that its video processors infringe four Philips high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) patents and that it violated Section 337 of the 1974 Trade Act when it imported the components into the U.S. (see 2010190036). So said the chipmaker Friday in docket 337-TA-1224 at the International Trade Commission, responding (login required) to the Philips complaint and the Oct. 16 notice of the Section 337 investigation into the allegations.
Intel denies “each and every” Philips allegation that its video processors infringe four Philips high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) patents and that it violated Section 337 of the 1974 Trade Act when it imported the components into the U.S. (see 2010190036). So said the chipmaker Friday in docket 337-TA-1224 at the International Trade Commission, responding (login required) to the Philips complaint and the Oct. 16 notice of the Section 337 investigation into the allegations.
In a Joe Biden administration, some tariffs can be unilaterally withdrawn, but others would require complex negotiations to sort out, said Peterson Institute for International Economics nonresident senior fellow Anabel Gonzalez. She asked PIIE Senior Fellow Chad Bown and former U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman where they think the new administration's energies should be directed, during a Nov. 18 webinar.
In a Joe Biden administration, some tariffs can be unilaterally withdrawn, but others would require complex negotiations to sort out, said Peterson Institute for International Economics nonresident senior fellow Anabel Gonzalez. She asked PIIE Senior Fellow Chad Bown and former U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman where they think the new administration's energies should be directed, during a Nov. 18 webinar.
Joe Biden's presidential transition team for the FCC is starting to take shape, but it's early on given most national news organizations declared his win Saturday. President Donald Trump hasn’t conceded. A few names are emerging for the landing team, and a final list isn't likely until after Thanksgiving, stakeholders said in interviews. Team leaders from former President Barack Obama's interregnum 12 years ago said cooperation from the outgoing administration is critical.