Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here


		User name	Password

		Not registered yet? Register here. Lost your password? Click here.

Browse by topic

News

Sharp sues Samsung over LCD patents

6 August 2007 17:25 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 6 comments

Today, Sharp filed a lawsuit against Samsung claiming that the Korean TV maker violated five of its patents in relation to LCD TVs.

The lawsuit contends that Samsung has been almost copying Sharp, using similar technology for the core components of the TVs including processing techniques that help improve contrast and image quality of the LCD panels.

Although Samsung has not commented on the suit, Sharp says it is a result of failed negotiations by the two companies to "establish a licensing deal for the patents."

Sharp is demanding a jury trial and is hoping for monetary rewards as well as an injunction on Samsung's LCD displays that use any of the patents in question. A decision for Sharp would effectively block most of Samsung's LCD TVs from being shipped to the US, and would be devastating to the company.

Source:
Electronista

Permalink to this article

EFF worried patent reform will halt watchdog project (6 February 2008)

Increased North American and European LCD TV production coming soon (16 October 2007)

S-LCD Corporation ships first LCD panels from 8th Gen line (28 August 2007)

Vizio becomes top North American LCD TV vendor (22 August 2007)

Sharp LCD televisions are trimming down (15 August 2007)

BenQ introduces new E-series LCD monitors (10 August 2007)

Panasonic unveils new 37" LCD TV (9 August 2007)

LCD prices to fall 25% this year says Sharp (4 August 2007)

LG.Philips patents new flexible OLED display (30 July 2007)

LCD prices on the rise (12 July 2007)

Hitachi plans large screen LCDs for Europe, China (2 July 2007)

Samsung launches 70-inch LCD TV (15 June 2007)

« Previous news article
New Usenet, video & audio, playback and conversion guides

Next news article »
CloneDVD Mobile v1.1.5.3 Beta released

Post your comment

Discuss this article!
DXR88 (Senior Member) 6 August 2007 18:04
Haha..wtf.. i love this its an lcd what are going to do place deffrent liquid crystals in it..haha.. what a bunch of idiots. [ + quote]
thesquid (Junior Member) 6 August 2007 18:40
umm DXR88 there is a whole lot more to a LCD then just liquid crystals, and did you even read the article? "The lawsuit contends that Samsung has been almost copying Sharp, using similar technology for the core components of the TVs including processing techniques that help improve contrast and image quality of the LCD panels." is liquid crystal mentioned at all? whose the idiot now. [ + quote]
tatsh (Junior Member) 6 August 2007 23:15
With patents, everybody wins! [/sarcasm] [ + quote]
DXR88 (Senior Member) 7 August 2007 7:50
i read the artical and its stupid so that means samsung cant make good quality lcd because some chip that helps out with this feat is copyrighted. its just dumb its like RCA copy righting there picture tube technology. [ + quote]
rihgt682 (Senior Member) 7 August 2007 11:51
sharp is mad cause samsung tvs are selling a lot more. [ + quote]
borhan9 (AfterDawn Addict) 14 August 2007 4:00
*Quote:* Sharp is demanding a jury trial and is hoping for monetary rewards as well as an injunction on Samsung's LCD displays that use any of the patents in question. A decision for Sharp would effectively block most of Samsung's LCD TVs from being shipped to the US, and would be devastating to the company. One would think that this technology is already all the same LCD is all the same what is next every company is going to sue each other because they use the same word LCD. [ + quote]