South Korea's Samsung has hit back at rival LG in a patents row over
next-generation display panels, with both firms accusing the other of
stealing technology and senior staff to grab a lead in the market.
Samsung
Display, an affiliate of Samsung Electronics, asked a Seoul patents
court last week to annul seven patents related to organic light-emitting
diode (OLED) panel technologies held by LG, a company spokesman said
Monday.
Samsung argued that the technologies lacked the originality and innovation to warrant a patent.
"These are typical legal steps to defend a company's stance in a patent infringement suit," the Samsung spokesman told AFP.
The
move came after LG Display -- one of the world's top flat-screen TV
makers -- filed a patents suit in September against the two Samsung
units for allegedly infringing seven of its OLED-related technologies.
LG
said that five of Samsung's products, including its global hit Galaxy
S-series smartphones and tablet computer Galaxy Tab, infringed its
patents.
Later in the same month, Samsung filed a court complaint
accusing LG of luring away senior Samsung OLED researchers even though
they had signed contracts preventing them working for a rival.
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