SK Innovation
sued LG Chem and LG Electronics to the US Federal District Court for
infringement of its battery-related patents. This is a countermeasure taken
after LG Chem sued SK Innovation for infringement of trade secrets, and the
conflict between the two companies is intensifying. Since this could be a war
between SK and LG Group, public interest in litigation is growing.
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| lgchem.com |
Since LG Chem
sued SK Innovation on account of trade secrets, SK Innovation has been pushing
against LG Chem. SK Innovation claimed that LG Chem and LG Electronics are
unfairly getting benefits from infringement of their battery patents. The
battery produced by LG Chem contains a lot of patents owned by SK Innovation,
so if SK Innovation wins, the battery business would have a lot of problems.
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| skinnovation.com |
LG Chem said
that they’re very sorry for the complaint. LG Chem's patents are about 14 times
that of SK Innovation, and LG Chem is far ahead of its investment in R&D
expenses, and SK Innovation is not aware of the nature of the matter. If SK
Innovation is willing to discuss compensation and apologise, LG Chem will
always respond to the discussion but if the current dispute continues, they
will continue to confront strongly.
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Disputes
between domestic companies
While the two
major Korean companies are in dispute, there are many opinions that the gains
can be taken by the United States, China and Japan. Some have filed
astronomical costs for law firms in the United States as the lawsuit filed in
the United States, while it could lag behind Japanese and Chinese companies
competing in the battery market. It is also important to argue about right or
wrong, but I hope that this will not bring more loss than the profits.
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