Taiwan’s AU says US patent case win affirmed

19-Jun-2012 Intellasia | Reuters | 7:01 AM

AU Optronics, the world’s No.4 flat panel maker, said a US trade body had affirmed an earlier ruling that the Taiwanese company did not violate patents owned by Thomson Licensing.

The International Trade Commission upheld a preliminary decision that AU did not infringe on any valid claim of patents asserted by Thomson, AU said in a brief statement on Sunday. It did not elaborate.

The case, brought by Thomson in 2010, concerned LCD panel display technologies. The company had sought a ban on imports into the US of some AU products.

Thomson is a unit of French digital video firm Technicolor, which is restructuring after financial difficulties.

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