| LG Philips LCD Gets Upper Hand In Patent Dispute LG Philips LCD said that the U.S. Delaware Wilmington Federal Court recently recognized that Tatung Co. of Taiwan, its subsidiary Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and ViewSonic Corp. of the United States have infringed the patent technology of LG Philips LCD. Ahead of this, an arbitration panel in New York also decided in favor of LG Philips LCD in a dispute over technology ownership with CPT. The panel ruled that LG.Philips LCD holds exclusive ownership rights for its side-mounting patents, over which CPT filed for arbitration in July 2004. This ruling is expected to give the company an advantage in its patent dispute with CPT that is currently pending. The company initially filed a patent suit against the Taiwan-based CPT, alleging infringement of its sidemounting technology patents, in August 2002. Despite the countersuit CPT filed in June 2004, claiming ownership of LG.Philips LCD's patents, the arbitration panel recently denied all of CPT's relief. Separately, the company filed patent infringement suits against CPT in federal court in California for patent infringement, including those for its side-mounting technology. The new case is scheduled for trial in October. |
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