DEARBORN, MICH. (Aug. 14, 2:30 p.m. ET) -- Plastics are prominent in multiple gold-winning entries in the 2012 International Design Excellence Awards. Medical equipment, smartphones, an infant warmer, a task light and headphones are among ...
Tags: market view, plastics, elastomer
IDG News Service - LG Electronics has launched an LTE smartphone with a quad-core processor, the Optimus G, which it hopes will set it apart from the competition as the smartphone market starts to ramp up for the holiday season. The next ...
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Following Intel and contract chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), Samsung Electronics will invest US$976 million in Dutch chip manufacturing equipment maker ASML to further development of next-generation lithography ...
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In a case that has been running parallel to the intellectual property lawsuit between Apple and Samsung in the USA,a South Korean court ruled today that Apple had violated two of Samsung's patents,while the Korean firm had infringed on one ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, intellectual property, South Korean court, guilty
Wolfgang Dehen, CEO of Osram said he was glad to enter into a new area of partnership-based competition with Samsung. Osram and Samsung have jointly issued a press release announcing an agreement to settle of all of their worldwide ...
Tags: LED
A new series of monitors that feature ultra-high (4Kx2K) resolutions are expected to hit markets at the end of 2012, according to industry sources. Sources have yet to specify the company that will be releasing the monitors but claim that ...
Tags: 32-inch HIT monitor, 32-inch 4Kx2K monitor, IGZO technology, panel makers
The penetration rate for LED TVs is expected to reach 70% in 2012 as direct-type models are increasingly dropping in price. In Taiwan, 32-inch direct-type models are currently under NT$10,000 (US$335) while 42-inch models are under ...
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Osram and Samsung settle all LED lawsuits, including license agreements for patent portfolios Osram AG (a subsidiary of Siemens AG of Munich, Germany and the world's second largest lighting manufacturer) and South Korea's Samsung ...
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According to OSRAM AG,the company and Samsung Electronics Co.,Ltd.have reached an agreement to settle all patent suits between them worldwide.The patent suits have been filed in various countries amongst others Germany,South Korea and in ...
IDG News Service-Imagine the longest,most complex government form you've ever had to fill out and you start to have an idea what jurors will face as they begin to consider their verdict in the patent infringement case between Apple and ...
Tags: Apple Vs.Samsung, verdict, Jurors, Patent infringement
Osram settles with Samsung,expands China LED operations 18 Aug 2012 Osram is building a new LED packaging facility in Wuxi,China and jointly announces with Samsung settlement of their worldwide patent dispute. Osram AG and Samsung ...
Tags: Osram, Samsung, China LED operations, build a new LED packaging facility
IDG News Service-Hoping to inspire tablet users to create more content with their devices,Samsung introduced a stylus-based tablet,called the Galaxy Note 10.1,which the company touts as more interactive than the market-leading Apple iPad. ...
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Bloomberg has quoted from a filing with a U.S. trade agency that, Samsung Electronics Co. and Siemens AG’s Osram unit have reached a global settlement to end a LED patent fight that Samsung filed against Osram and that was scheduled ...
Tags: LED Europe Osram South Korea Samsung Patent, Lights, Lighting, Samsung
South Korea- and Japan-based LED firms reported first-half 2012 financial results. Samsung Electronics, having consolidated its LED supply chain and resources, predicts 2012 total revenues of the LED businesses to be KRW2.5 trillion (US$2.2 ...
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Consumption in the LCD TV market has been less than expected causing firms to adjust capacities accordingly to promote products that can save costs and increase utilization rates such as direct-lit LED TVs. Taiwan-based brands such as BenQ ...