VIZIO looks to FCC to slap Funai's hand

Whoa, Nelly. Looks like we've got ourselves an old fashioned paper fight going on here. Just days after VIZIO filed an antitrust lawsuit against Funai, the former company has now taken things a step further by requesting that the FCC require Funai to "comply with patent licensing conditions imposed by the FCC when it adopted the digital television standards for the United States." Additionally, VIZIO has asked the entity to "order Funai to cease its unreasonable and discriminatory patent enforcement policies while the FCC considers a pending petition for declaratory ruling." There's no word on whether the FCC is open to oblige, but you can rest assured that there are more than a few bitter-beer faces clogging up corner offices at Funai Electronics.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 24th 2009 10:28PM]

"Just days after VIZIO filed an antitrust lawsuit against Funai, the former company has now taken..."

Last I checked, Vizio was still in business.

A good journalist/blogger would/should rewrite it thus:

"After filing an antitrust lawsuit against Funai, consumer electronics manufacturer VIZIO has asked requested that the FCC require Funai to "comply with patent licensing conditions imposed by the FCC to when it adopted the digital television standards for the United States."

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2009 1:33AM]

jonny, before you correct Darren's wording, maybe you should double check your own:
"manufacturer VIZIO has asked requested that"
pick one!
"by the FCC to when"
obviously the 'to' does not belong here.
"thus", you fail.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2009 11:24AM]

Looks like an old fashioned grammar dragon fight!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2009 12:05PM]

I don't believe it's accurate to call Vizio a manufacturer. They have never produced a single unit on their own. Doesn't being a manufacturer require owning a manufacturing facility? They do not even refer to themselves as a manufacturer in their brand story. They state that they have 100 specialized employees. They are a discount electronics seller. Panasonic, Sharp, Samsung and LG are manufacturers.