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Samsung & Sharp Patent Battle Wages On; This Month Samsung Comes Out Victorious
A District Court in Tokyo has sided with Samsung Electronics in an LCD panel patent dispute against Sharp. Samsung filed the lawsuit around June 2008 and claimed that Sharp was infringing on their patents. Samsung has a patent on “a LCD module manufacturing technology.” Sharp was order to halt production, import, and export of their LC-32D10 LCD TV.
Last month Sharp won a patent dispute against Samsung too. Sharp claimed that an LCD module that was included in several TVs manufactured by Samsung violated their parents. The patent reflected upon LCD technologies such as wide viewing angles and enhance resposne speeds.
[via Tech-On!]
Categories Samsung Electronics Inc., Sharp
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Hitachi To Pay $31 Million For LCD Price Fixing
Electronics company Hitachi will be paying $31 million in fines to settle a role in a conspiracy involving selling fixed prices of LCD display panels to Dell. Hitachi Displays committed the act along with LG, Chunghwa, and Sharp. Between the period of April 1, 2001 and March 31, 2004 – Hitachi met with companies in Japan, Korea, and the U.S. to discuss prices for LCDs. Hitachi also agreed to cooperate with further investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice.
This past December LG was found guilty for conspiracy and had to pay $400 million. This is the second largest fine every imposed by the Antitrust Division. Executives from LG and Chunghwa also had to serve time for between 6 and 9 months along with paying a fine. About $585 million in criminal fines have been made against all of the companies involved.
[via PCW]
Categories Chunghwa, Dell Inc., Hitachi, LG Electronics, Sharp, US Department of Justice
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