The patent infringement case against Canon for "violating" patents involving SED technology has just been tossed out the proverbial window. Nano-Proprietary's case apparently didn't hold water, which means we may finally be seeing SED TVs; just not anytime soon.

"Now that all claims against Canon USA have been dropped, Canon doesn't have to pay any additional damages to Nano beyond the price of the original license -- but because the original SED patent licensing agreements with Canon have also been scrapped, rights to build the next-generation television have to be negotiated all over again."