Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics Facing ITC’s Patent Infringement Probe
The plaintiffs including the non-practicing entity are claiming that
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics infringed upon their patents related to semiconductor driving and registered in the United States.
The defendants also include
Amazon, Dell, Lenovo and Motorola.
The NPE lodged the complaint on Aug. 2 in accordance with Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930.
Sonrai Memory
filed patent infringement lawsuits with the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas againstSamsung Electronics and LG Electronics in late July, too.
Items in question in these lawsuits are smartphones and laptops such as Samsung Galaxy S20, LG V40 and LG gram 15.
In May this year,
another investigation targeting Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics and related to the same section of the same act
was initiated by the USITC at the request of Roku.
According to the streaming service provider,
its patent is being used without consent for remote controllers for Samsung and LG smart TVs.
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USITC Institutes Section 337 Investigation of Certain Laptops, Desktops, Servers, Mobile Phones, Tablets, and Components Thereof USITC
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)
has voted to institute an investigation of certain laptops, desktops, servers, mobile phones, tablets, and components thereof.
The products at issue in the investigation are described in the Commission’s notice of investigation.
The investigation is based on a complaint filed by
Sonrai Memory Ltd. of Dublin, Ireland, on August 2, 2021.
An amended complaint was filed on August 6, 2021.
The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States
and sale of certain
laptops, desktops, servers, mobile phones, tablets, and components thereof that infringe patents asserted by the complainant.The complainant requests that
the USITC issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
The USITC has identified the following as respondents in this investigation:
Amazon.com, Inc., of Seattle, WA;
Dell Technologies Inc. of Round Rock, TX; EMC Corporation of Round Rock, TX; Lenovo Group Ltd. of Beijing, China; Lenovo (US) Inc. of Morrisville, NC;
Motorola Mobility LLC of Chicago, IL;LG Electronics Inc. of Seoul, South Korea; LG Electronics US, Englewood Cliffs, NJ;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., of Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea;
Samsung Electronics America, Inc., of Ridgefield Park, NJ.
https://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2021/er0831ll1820.htm
Irish company snaps up patents belonging to LG
A subsidiary of LG Electronics
recently sold more than 100 US patents to an Irish-headquartered companythat has issued a wave of multimillion-dollar lawsuits against well-known technology giants.
LG Innotek
sold 95 registered patents and 28 pending patents on wireless charging to Dublin-based Scramoge Technology
ahead of its LG Electronic’s announcement this week that it is to exit its smartphone business.
LG Electronics owns 40.8 per cent of the shares of LG Innotek.