subject: Xj Li Yao: China panel makers need to guard against patent risk - panel - the electronics industry [print this page] Xj Li Yao: China panel makers need to guard against patent risk - panel - the electronics industry
Xj AUO chairman Lee Yiu 5 13, AU Optronics Corporation chairman Lee? Yao in the "China Electronic Reported, "an interview by reminding the mainland LCD panel makers, LCD panel to guard against the risk of patent terms. He said, AUO has just recently won in the United States and South Korea LGD's patent lawsuit, counterclaim as AUO successfully avoiding the demands of up to 690 million U.S. dollars of compensation requests. This is precisely the mainland LCD panel manufacturers a good warning.
It is understood that, in December 2006, LGD in the United States to China Taiwan's AU Optronics and Chi Mei Optoelectronics patent infringement litigation, then the LGD AUO filed a counterclaim, the case in June 2009 into the trial. Proceedings for trial, LGD AUO requirements to more than 690 million U.S. dollars in damages. After large-scale court, the court ruled that LGD all violations of four patents AUO, and AUO does not infringe any patent LGD.
From last year, mainland China one after another BOE, the electric power companies such as Panda and Huaxing Guang, started production of high-generation LCD panel line. Lee? Yao remind practitioners mainland LCD panel, in the establishment of high-generation LCD panel production plant at the same time the need for intellectual property considerations, but mainland China has not realized the seriousness of the problem. He told reporters that cross-strait flat panel display business could be carried out in the deeper aspects of the patent Cooperation . Currently, the field of AUO LCD has more than 6,000 patents, more than 1,000 patent applications each year.
The same time, he was also high across the continent have build generation LCD panel production line put forward their own proposals. He believes that companies in China own purpose machine LCD panel production line to establish the feasibility of small, because every LCD panel production line has an optimum cut size, for a rich product models to consider, not just from their own machine manufacturers LCD panel production line to be met. This simple to do, such as BOE LCD panel business to the advantage of scale as quickly as possible, increase market competitiveness. In addition, he is also the next 3 to 5 years over the mainland LCD panel production capacity expansion raised concerns that he expected the LCD panel industry in China will eventually be one to two business-led integration is a matter of time.
Lee? Yao said, AUO will actively cooperate with China to establish a close relationship between manufacturers, following in 2009 with a joint venture in Mianyang Changhong LCD module production plant, the TCL and Haier recently they were together in Huizhou, Guangdong, Shandong, Qingdao set LCD module plant in Hefei, the LCD module and machine assembly plant will also start soon. AUO Suzhou municipal government plans to set up the first 7.5 generation LCD panel production line has entered the approval phase now. Future AUO LCD industry in the mainland market layout from east, south to the north, southwest regional extension, covering Suzhou, Xiamen, Huizhou, Hefei, Qingdao, Mianyang, etc., may be nearby to respond to customer needs throughout.
