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To: kinkblot who wrote (75)	1/6/2000 10:43:00 AM
From: John Finley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 330

FWIW, NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2000-- Case Has Potential to Be Largest in Patent History Plasma Physics Corporation and Solar Physics Corporation, headquartered in Nassau County, New York, filed a patent infringement suit last week against major Japanese and Korean companies, charging infringement of patents covering production of semiconductor chips, as well as technology used in producing flat-panel computer and television displays. The suit, filed on December 28, 1999, in the Eastern District of New York (Civil Action No. 99-8593), has been assigned to Judge Arthur D. Spatt in the Uniondale Courthouse. Defendants include Fujitsu Limited; Hitachi Ltd.; Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.; LG Electronics, Inc.; Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; Advanced Display, Inc.; NEC Corporation; Oki Electric Industry Company, Ltd.; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Sharp Corporation; Sony Corporation; Toshiba Corporation and Display Technologies, Inc.; and certain of their United States subsidiaries. JF

To: kinkblot who wrote (75)	1/10/2000 9:32:00 AM
From: John Finley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 330

Looking at the abstract to the Luxell patent (US05049780 filed in '89) it appears that they are just patenting an anti-reflective film on their FPDs. Common practice on eyeglasses and optics, I believe. Still, Luxell is selling product at an increasing rate. In '99 they lost 8 cents a share down from 12 cents the previous year. I've never bought a stock on a Canadian exchange and by the looks of the chart not a great percentage of tech-spec Americans do. JF