Dave Horvath
5 Jul 2007 12:24
South Korean hardware giant LG has issued a lawsuit against the world's largest contractor for building laptops, Quanta stating that they have blatently stolen the design for DVD player components from LG.
LG claims that the Taiwan based company has used their plans inside all of their devices which contain DVD drives without giving any royalties. The lawsuit was entered into a U.S. District Court in Wisconsin on July 3rd and is seeking an injunction against Quanta for using their technology. They are also seeking undisclosed monitary compensation for the past infringements.
In a statement from LG on Wednesday, a representative said, "LG's claims include infringement of four patents related to DVD standard. Quanta has been using these patents without LG's permission to produce notebook computers that were supplied to U.S. computer companies."
Quanta has major existing contracts with some of the leading laptop providers including Dell, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, and Sony. An injunction such as this could spell troubles for the Taiwan based company.
Source:
Reuters