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HKC Launches Patent Infringement Counter Suit Against Innolux

by Andrew Fenn

HKC has filed a counter-claim against Innolux for patent infringement, according to the OLED Association. The news comes after Innolux filed its own patent infringement lawsuit against HKC back in February. The company alleged …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Apple, Samsung and LG Have All Filed Micro-LED Patents

by Andrew Fenn

A total of 358 Micro-LED patents have been filed in the country over the past 10 years—119 by Korean companies and 116 from overseas according to microled-info. Apple applied for 11 of the Micro-LED …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Technicolor Announces Sale of Patent Licensing Business to InterDigital

by Andrew Fenn

Technicolor has announced it will enter into an exclusive agreement under which mobile technology and research company InterDigital will acquire its patent licensing business. Technicolor will maintain its research and innovation organisation, while engaging …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Technicolor| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Samsung Awarded US Patent for Flying Display

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has been awarded a US patent (9,891,885 B2) for a flying screen, after filing an application last year. According to the details of the patent, Samsung’s floating screen would be kept airborne via …

Tags:Drone Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 07

Volfoni Withdraws Opposition Against RealD Patent

by Andrew Fenn

Volfoni has announced it has voluntarily withdrawn its opposition against the granting of RealD’s patent number EP2067066 in Europe. According to the company, it made this decision due to the fact there is no …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 07

Micro LEDs Getting Funding, but IP Situation is Messy

by Chris Chinnock

Several micro LED companies received funding recently, an encouraging sign of the continuing interest in this segment. But in a new report from Yole looking at the patent situation, the authors warn that things …

Tags:MicroLED| Patents| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Samsung Continues to Fight Legal Battle with Huawei

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has asked a California federal judge to block Chinese smartphone maker, Huawei, from enforcing an injunction it won in China last month, ordering Samsung to stop making or selling devices that infringe two …

Tags:3G & 4G| Huawei| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Yole Looks at MicroLED Patent Developments

by Bob Raikes

Yole Développement was at CES and looked at developments in microLED. The show highlighted the increasing interest in LED and the firm emphasised the developments from Samsung and Lumens (Lumens Idea of MicroLED is …

Tags:Market Data| MicroLED| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 05

3M Files Patent Violation Lawsuit Against Elo

by Andrew Fenn

3M and 3M Innovative Properties have filed a patent infringement lawsuit in federal district court in Wilmington, Delaware, against Elo Touch Solutions. The suit alleges that certain Elo Touch projected capacitive products infringe 3M’s …

Tags:3M (MMM)| ELO| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Metal Mesh| Patents| Touch| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Future Apple Watch Digital Crown Could Incorporate Force Touch

by Andrew Fenn

Apple has applied for a new patent that suggests it may incorporate Force Touch into the digital crown of the Apple Watch in the future. The patent description states, “When force is exerted on …

Tags:Apple| Haptics| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 04| Wearables

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Solar-Tectic LLC and Blue Wave Win Patent

by Damir Lokas

We reported on new materials from Solar-Tectic LLC (“ST”) last month and the company has now said that it, and Blue Wave Semiconductors, Inc., (“BWS”), has said that it has a new patent (U.S. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Materials| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| TFT| Vol 25 - Issue 04

IQE’s NanoGaN Acquires Patent Portfolio from Luxtaltek

by Andrew Fenn

IQE has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary NanoGaN has secured the purchase and assignment of a portfolio of patents from Taiwan-based Luxtaltek. The portfolio of 54 patents cover a range of technologies and applications …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 01