Samsung has noted today that a two year old LCD patent dispute with Sharp has now been settled, with the Tokyo court upholding Samsung's countersuit.
In 2007, Sharp sued Samsung over unspecified infringements, and Samsung quickly filed two countersuits as well as asked the US International Trade Commission for a full investigation into the matter.
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Quote:03.23.2009 ? Samsung has won a patent infringement lawsuit against Sharp in Japan, according to the The Korea Herald.
Samsung filed a countersuit claiming Sharp's LCDs violated one of Samsung's patents. The countersuit came after Samsung lost a patent lawsuit that was filed by Sharp in a Tokyo District Court in October 2008.
The legal battles between the companies started in August 2007 when Sharp sued Samsung for infringement on the following five patents:
USP4,649,383: Driving method for improving contrast ratio of LCD
USP5,760,855: Guard wiring to prevent static-induced damage to LCD
USP6,052,162: Formation of electrode so as to improve display quality of LCD
USP7,027,024: Driving device for improving display quality of LCD
USP7,057,689: LCD having optical film for achieving wide viewing angle by compensating a phase difference
The case marks the first time a Korean company won a patent lawsuit against a Japanese company in Japan, the court says.
God damn thieves, i remember when samsung was close to the best brand out there. I own a samsung gxtv (gaming tv) and a hifi vcr and they are still working flawlessly. This is just like megan racing stealing apexi's designs for performance exhaust systems. I mean obviously there isn't going to be much of a diffrence in designs but if it's exactly the same they should have to pay something for using the design. This happens all the time, one company will pay thousands of dollars for research and development and another company will steal the plans and make more profit because they didn't have to spend on R&D. This is frustrating.
