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Nichia Takes Action Against HTC

by Bob Raikes

Nichia has taken legal action against HTC Nippon and its distributor in Japan over the use of white LEDs in the HTC smartphone Desire 626 which are said to have infringed Nichia’s patents, JP5177317 …

Tags:HTC| Japan| LCD Backlights| LED| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Nichia| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 42

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HannStar Getting to Black

by Bob Raikes

Hannstar is close to achieving profitability according to reports from Asia as prices have got firmer, especially in markets such as low end smartphones and featurephones where a number of companies have dropped out …

Tags:Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Apple vs Samsung Reaches Supreme Court

by Bob Raikes

The dispute between Apple and Samsung over patents got to the US Supreme Court this week, with Samsung seeking to win a reduction in the $548 million damages that Apple was awarded last year …

Tags:Apple| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Kodi Box Dealer Taken to Court

by Bob Raikes

In the UK, a dealer of a ‘fully loaded Kodi box’ has been accused of selling products that breach copyright laws. Kodi is a development of the XBox Media Centre, which was used to …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 39| xBox

Ford Faces Legal Claims over Touch Failure

by Bob Raikes

The issues related to supplying the automotive market have been highlighted by a class action that is being brought in the US against Ford Motor Co that relates to problems that are claimed to …

Tags:Automotive| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Apple Appeals Against Chinese Sales Ban

by Tom Allen

The Beijing Intellectual Property Bureau has ruled that Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus copied the design of a handset made by a Chinese firm, and has banned their sale in the city. A …

Tags:Apple| China| iPhone| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 24

Sharp Not Punished for ‘LED TV’ Marketing

by Tom Allen

Sharp has been cleared of Consumer Class Action A lawsuit in the USA, after a judge upheld a motion-to-dismiss ruling, made in September last year, in a case from 2014. The report comes from …

Tags:Advertising| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| Litigation| Samsung| sharp| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 23

Great Video & IP Battles

by Bob Raikes

We have plenty of news for you this week. We’ve included the items from last week’s Cinemacon and we are publishing our NAB stories as we go along on the website. We’ll have the …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanoco| Nanosys| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Nanosys and QD Vision Clash Over Patents

by Tom Allen

Nanosys has brought the legal system to bear against QD Vision in the USA, for patent infringement. Nanosys’ lawsuit alleges that QD Vision’s products infringe upon its photoluminescent QD materials and related methods. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanosys| Patents| QD Vision| Quantum Dots| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Silicon Valley Coalition Backs Samsung

by Helen Vince

A group of US IT firms has formed a coalition in support of Samsung in its long-running patent battles with Apple. Dell, Facebook. Google and HP are among eight firms which have submitted an …

Tags:Apple| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Osram Wins Injunction Against Asus

by Helen Vince

The District Court in Dusseldorf, Germany has granted Osram an injunction against Asustek Computer in a patent infringement lawsuit. Osram had claimed that certain white LEDs, such as those incorporated in Asus’ Nexus 7 …

Tags:Asus| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Osram| Vol 22 - Issue 23

US Appeals Court Orders Cut to Samsung’s Fine

by Helen Vince

A US federal appeals court has upheld a jury’s finding that Samsung infringed Apple’s patents but has ordered a trial court to reconsider the level of damages awarded against Samsung. It is three years …

Tags:Apple| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 21