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Published online 9 April 2008 | Nature 452, 672 (2008) | doi:10.1038/452672b
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Gertrude versus Goliath
Octogenarian takes on the electronics giants over LED patents.
An octogenarian physicist is taking on the world's largest electronics companies, which, she claims, have infringed her patent for making blue and ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and short-wavelength laser diodes.
On 20 March, the International Trade Commission, which oversees imports to the United States, announced it would investigate a complaint filed by Gertrude Neumark Rothschild, a professor emeritus at Columbia University in New York City.
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Good for her! I hope the infringers quickly license the technology and she makes a bundle from it.