U.S. Panel to Investigate Samsung-Sharp Dispute
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The U.S. International Trade Commission said it agreed to Samsungâs request to investigate Sharp for allegedly infringing liquid crystal display patents.
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has launched four investigations involving the import of computers or electronic device components, including one based on a complaint that several companies are violating patents on DRAM chips.
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Sony Corp  will look beyond its  current partnership in flat panels with South Korea's Samsung  Electronics  and may tie up with other firms, the  Mainichi newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it filed a complaint with American authorities over alleged unfair trade practices by Japanese rival Sharp Corp., fueling an intensifying legal battle over flat panel technology.
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Samsung Electronics has replied to a&#160;patent-infringement lawsuit filed against it by Sharp&#160;by lodging complaints of its own with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Tokyo District Court, it said Thursday.Samsung filed the U.S. complaint on Dec. 21 and alleged that Sharp&#39;s LCD products infringe upon four of its U.S. patents. The patents were not detailed in Samsung&#39;s statement. It asked the trade regulator to launch an investigation into the complaints and, as is typical in such cases, block Sharp from importing into the U.S. products that contain the LCDs in question. Such products could include TVs, monitors, laptop PCs, and cell phones.The ITC will now examine the complaint and decide whether to move forward with a formal investigation.Samsung followed the U.S. complaint with a complaint lodged in Tokyo on Wednesday in which it alleged that LCD televisions sold by Sharp in Japan incorporate LCD modules that infringe upon two of Samsung&#39;s Japanese patents. As in the U.S. complaint, Samsung asked the court to halt manufacturing and sales of the infringing products in Japan.On Dec. 12,&#160;Sharp filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Samsung&#160;in the Seoul Central District Court. The lawsuit alleges the LCD modules and televisions manufactured and/or sold by Samsung in South Korea infringe upon three Sharp patents. The Korean patents concern technology that allows high brightness and high-speed response as well as a wide viewing angle, Sharp said in a statement at the time.The lawsuit was the second filed by Sharp against Samsung.On Aug. 6, Sharp filed a suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas alleging LCD modules manufactured by Samsung and LCD TVs, computer monitors and mobile phones that incorporate the modules infringed on its U.S. patents: 4,649,383 , 5,760,855 , 6,052,162 , 7,027,024, and 7,057,689 .Samsung said Thursday that it is also pursuing lawsuits against Sharp in Delaware and Texas.
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SEOUL: South Korean microchip makers said they face a US investigation into a price-fixing conspiracy in which German maker Infineon technologies has already suffered heavy fines.
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Japan's Sharp Corp. (6753.T)  said on Tuesday it will likely need to consider bringing  forward a capacity expansion plan for its latest liquid crystal  display (LCD) panel plant in Kameyama, western Japan.
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FCC documents uncover CDMA handset Pictures and details of Samsung's US-oriented Qwerty keyboard-equipped slider handset have been revealed in documents filed with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).â¦
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants to know more about the circumstances surrounding the resignation of Thomas Perkins from the Hewlett-Packard board earlier this year.
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The SEC begins an informal inquiry into the image sensor maker's restatement.
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Japanese chips-to-computers conglomerate Fujitsu Ltd. said on Sunday it is in talks with Sharp Corp., the world's largest maker of LCD televisions, to sell its loss-making LCD panel operations.
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A congressional committee scheduled a hearing to examine whether the proposed $4.84 billion merger of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and rival XM Satellite Holdings Inc. would hurt consumers.
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An independent team investigating bribery allegations against South Korea's Samsung group has searched the house and private office of its chairman Lee Kun-Hee, Yonhap news agency reported.
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Competition authorities in Asia, the European Union and the United States have launched an investigation into manufacturers of flat-screen televisions and computer monitors, who are suspected of having reached an illegal pricing agreement, officials said.
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(InfoWorld) - The U.S. International Trade Commission said Thursday it will investigate complaints by Ericsson and its Swedish parent company that Samsung ElectronicsÂ and two of its U.S. companies violated patents used its mobile handsets. Ericsson and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson filed a complaint against Samsung's Korean parent company, Samsung Telecommunications America and Samsung Electronics America, alleging that Samsung's importation of its patented mobile phones and components violated U.S. law, according to an ITC statement. The ITC set no timetable for the investigation, but said it would establish a target date for the completion of the investigation to within 45 days of its institution. EricssonÂ filed suit against SamsungÂ in a Texas court August 2, alleging that Samsung is infringing on its patents for mobile handsets and some of their components. The case is part of legal action taken by the Swedish company against its Korean rival and former partner since February, after the two failed to renew a 2002 licensing arrangement for patented technology. The deal expired at the end of 2005.
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)&#160;said it will investigate whether Qualcomm is complying with a ban that prohibits it from importing certain chips into the U.S.
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High-level executives from Japan's Sharp   Corp. 6753.T traveled to South Korea last week to visit   LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd. 034220.KS, as Philips PHG.AS seeks   a buyer for its 32.9 percent stake in the Korean LCD firm,   Taiwan media reported on Friday.