Samsung Electronics tired of Patent Lawsuit

Accused from UK company Nanoco, 

Recently, Nanoco, a British quantum dot material technology company, filed a patent lawsuit in the Eastern District Court of Texas, USA. Because Samsung Electronics has infringed five patents of Nanoco, which are related to quantum dots. Nanoco disclosed related technologies such as providing quantum dot samples in the process of developing LCD module materials collaborating with Samsung Electronics in 2010, and claimed that Samsung Electronics achieved great success after developing QLED TV through this technology.

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What is Nanoco's lawsuit about?

Nanoco has been trying to sell the company for several years. It has been proposed to mergers and acquisitions with some companies, but it has not been known to date. Industry officials believe that Nanoco has started noise marketing to close the sale early. This is because if they get the attention from the market by suing Samsung Electronics, the world's No. 1 quantum dot display technology company, Nanoco could be sold easily. In particular, many say that Chinese companies, which are trying to catch up with Samsung’s display technology, will be attracted to Nanoco with the technology necessary for QLED development.

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<Nanoco's patent related to display technology>

Samsung Electronics sued by patent monster,

Neodron, founded in Ireland in 2018, is a patent monster that makes profits by purchasing patents at low prices from companies from different countries and then suing other companies. Recently, Neodron sued global companies such as Samsung, LG, Amazon and Apple to ITC for violating its smartphone touch screen patent. Samsung Electronics was accused of NeoDron last year, and it is known that investigation is underway. The ITC must decide whether to begin the investigation within one month after receiving the complaint from Neodron.

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<Neodron's patent related to display technology>

How can you avoid a patent dispute?

Samsung Electronics will be very tired of being accused of the old partners and patent monsters. In fact, Samsung Electronics won’t think it would be a big blow because it has a system to prepare for it through numerous patent disputes, but it is certainly not good to be involved in patent disputes. This is because a lot of time and the cost are inevitable. Hope the dispute will be resolved well.

Samsung’s trademark application telling the evolution of foldable display

Samsung, filed for the first UTG-related trademark in the industry,

Samsung recently applied for a trademark in 38 countries under the name of “SAMSUNG UTG”. UTG is an ultra thin tempered glass, which is used as a protective film for foldables. Samsung UTG's trademark contains the phrase, `` Though, yet Tender. '' It is made of glass material and expresses the characteristics of UTG that has rigidity and foldability.

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* intomark.com : the trademark search database of the WIPS

Half successful Galaxy Fold,

Samsung's first foldable phone, the Galaxy Fold, was unveiled in February 1919. However, in April, its launching was delayed because the display protection film was easily removed and foreign matter entered into the hinge. This problem was solved and relaunched in September, and as a result, it made a great success that the volume could not keep up with demand, but the fundamental problem of display was not completely solved.

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UTG, a new protective film for troubleshooting the Galaxy Fold,

The protective film used for the Galaxy Fold was plastic CPI (Colorless Polyimide). Because plastic is easy to process and very elastic, it doesn't leave any marks after folding it thousands of times, but on the other hand it’s weak to heat and easy to scratch. Experts anticipate that CPI replacement will be inevitable to solve the display problem in the Galaxy Fold. Samsung has developed a glass-based UTG to solve this problem. Unlike CPI, UTG is not easily scratched, has a good touch, and  expresses luxury that is difficult with plastic materials.

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 Samsung enters UTG full-scale mass production,

On February 11, Samsung Electronics unveiled its first foldable phone, the ‘Galaxy Z Flip’. Samsung Display said it has received UTG durability verification from Bureau Veritas, a French technology certification company, and has passed the folding test of folding/unfolding 200,000 times in order not to repeat the mistake of the previous Galaxy Fold. Accordingly, it announced that it plans to apply UTG to various foldable devices to be released in the future. There is some concern that it is difficult to see UTG as fully durable. We’re going to have to pay attention to how Samsung, which has shown the best technology, can dispel concerns and show high degree of completeness.

Portable reusable cup

Here's an idea for a recycled cup that's easy to carry around.

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HUNU

The reusable cup that fits in your pocket

As the reduction of disposable products is spreading around the world, the use of reusable cups is recommended. However, most reusable cups are large and inconvenient to carry. People will find disposables which are more convenient than inconvenient reusable cups.

However, to make disposable paper cups, millions of trees are cut down every year and the environment is destroyed. Plastic cups also use a variety of chemicals in the manufacturing process, so they are recycled less than 1%.

HUNU is an idea product that originates from these environmental issues. Made from silicone, it is recyclable, certified to LFGB in Germany and FDA in the United States, and has also proved its stability.

It is also very light, weighing less than 100g and is folded into 2cm, making it easy to carry around in your pocket.

It's an idea product that can be easily used anywhere in today's atmosphere where thinking about the environment is a necessity, not an option.