FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 30, 2012
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Jury Finds LG’s Patents Valid and Infringed
WASHINGTON, DC - On November 30, 2012, LG Electronics received a favorable decision in a washing machine patent infringement case tried in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Following a four-day trial, a Delaware jury determined that three LG patents related to direct-drive front-load washing machine technology are valid and infringed by certain washing machines made by Daewoo and sold by Daewoo and its business partners in the United States.
The verdict confirms LG's innovative leadership in the direct-drive front-load washing machine field. LG’s patented technology provides consumers with large-capacity, high-spin-speed washers that produce low noise and vibration. LG's leadership and patented innovations have led to LG's No. 1 market position in U.S. sales of front-load washing machines from 2007 to the present.
This trial dealt only with liability issues (validity and infringement). The damages and injunction phase still remains, and LG looks forward to presenting its case on these aspects of the suit.
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