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The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.

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[–] Steak@lemmy.ca 124 points 9 months ago (2 children)

He really got screwed. They didn't want him even working on blue LEDs and then when he was right and actually made one they gave him nothing and made hundreds of millions of dollars. Then sued him when he left to work for another company for "leaking company secrets" which was really all his work. He counter sued and the courts awarded him like 189 million, then the company counter sued back and he got 8 million which just covered his legal fees.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

Wow... for brief, fleeting moment i thought justice prevailed in the end. Silly me.