What They Say
The Elec reports that the patent battle between JOLED and Samsung is hotting up as Samsung (via its IKT subsidiary) has filed an additional suit against the firm and Asus.
IKT claimed in its suit in Texas that OLED panel manufactured by JOLED and supplied to Asus violated three of its patents. The patents related to electronic device and manufacturing method for wiring board and electric optical devices (Patent 7,342,177); emission device (Patent 7,439,943); and another one in emission device (Patent 8,665,190).
The Elec said that the move is a continuation of the retaliation by Samsung to the suit pursued by JOLED.
What We Think
I have no idea who’s right and wrong in this, but clearly it can be a dangerous act to ‘pull the tail of the tiger’. On the other hand, Samsung does have an informal reputation from many conversations I have had over the years that Samsung will make a huge amount of effort to try to bypass ip by working on its own versions, so companies with good ip have to defend their ip. (BR)
