By Hyunjoo
Jin
July 4, 2023 2:14 AM GMT+7
The logo of Samsung Electronic is seen at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, April 4, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3 (Reuters) - South
Korea's Samsung Display has filed a lawsuit against BOE Technology (000725.SZ), accusing the Chinese rival
of infringing five of its patents for displays used in mobile devices including
Apple's (AAPL.O) iPhone 12.
Samsung Display, a
unit of Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), asked a federal jury in Texas to award damages for the
infringement of patents regarding organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays
supplied by BOE. Samsung also seeks an injunction from the court to halt the
import and sale of the affected displays.
The case was filed on
Wednesday with the U.S. court in East Texas, which has a reputation for quicker
hearings and decisions on cases.
Apple has been using
OLED displays on some of its Apple Watch and iPhone models, including the
latest iPhone 14. Apple says OLED delivers high resolution and allows for a
thinner display than a traditional display.
The OLED display
market is dominated by Samsung Display, with BOE narrowing the gap, overtaking
South Korea's LG Display (034220.KS) as the No. 2 player last year, according to market
researcher Omdia.
"Samsung Display
has suffered, and will continue to suffer, irreparable harm as a result of
Defendants’ infringement of the '599 Patent' for which there is no adequate
remedy at law, unless Defendants’ infringement is enjoined by this Court,"
the lawsuit says, referring to the 599 patent, which improves the image quality
of a device.
In December, Samsung
Display filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission,
alleging patent infringement by numerous companies selling OLED screens as
replacement displays for mobile devices, triggering an investigation by the
agency.
Samsung and Apple did
not immediately respond to requests for comments.
Samsung Display
executive Choi Kwon-young said in January last year that the company was
actively seeking ways to receive compensation for its intellectual property, in
a response to an analyst question about rising competition in the mobile OLED
screen market.
South Korea is a
manufacturing powerhouse for items ranging from chips and displays to
automobiles, but South Korean companies have been facing a growing threat from
rivals in China.
Last month, a former
executive at Samsung Electronics was indicted on suspicion of stealing company technology for a copycat
chip factory in China and jeopardising national economic security, prosecutors
said.
Reporting by Hyunjoo
Jin and Stephen Nellis in San Francisco Editing by Matthew Lewis
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