Amazon, Walmart, Ikea targeted in University of California light bulb lawsuits
The linked article omits one of the more interesting details, which is that the suit is being funded by a Longford Capital, a private investment company that specializes in funding commercial lawsuits.  Usually, third parties are silent about their participation in such suits, but in this case Longford has publicly announced their backing: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businesswire.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;home&#x2F;20190730005899&#x2F;en&#x2F;Longford-Capital-Funds-Patent-Enforcement-Campaign-University" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businesswire.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;home&#x2F;20190730005899&#x2F;en&#x2F;Lon...</a><p>Separately, if you haven&#x27;t tried filament LED bulbs, you should.  They are a wonderfully simple design: stack lots of small LED&#x27;s in string so that they can be run at full wall voltage.   The lack of a voltage converter means that there are fewer parts to fail, and the long string of LED&#x27;s makes heat dissipation a lot easier.  I find them better than all the alternatives.