Liberty Times E-Newspaper, November 20, 2025
[Compiled and Translated by Lu Yongshan / Comprehensive Report] According to South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo, after a three-year legal battle, Samsung Display has finally won its patent and trade secret infringement dispute against China’s major display manufacturer BOE Technology regarding organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology. The two companies have reached a settlement agreement, with BOE agreeing to pay patent royalties to Samsung Display.
Insiders revealed on the 19th that Samsung Display and BOE recently settled multiple patent and trade secret infringement disputes in the United States, China, and other regions, leading to the withdrawal of lawsuits. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced on the 18th that it would terminate the litigation between the two companies. The ITC had originally planned to issue a final ruling on the trade secret infringement case on the 17th, but with the settlement reached, the ITC decided to halt the proceedings instead of issuing a final decision.
In July this year, the ITC preliminarily ruled that BOE and its subsidiaries had improperly used Samsung Display’s trade secrets and proposed banning their products from entering the U.S. market for 14 years and 8 months. Since preliminary rulings typically carry through to final decisions, analysts believed Samsung Display was in a strong winning position. Concerned about potential disruptions to its exports to the U.S., BOE actively sought to reach a settlement with Samsung Display before the ITC’s final ruling.
Although the two companies have not disclosed the specific terms of the settlement, it is reported that BOE will pay patent royalties to Samsung Display.
Since 1997, Samsung Display has invested billions of dollars in OLED research and development. BOE only began investing in OLED technology and entering the market in 2013, reaching mass production four years later. However, BOE has no concrete evidence of independent R&D and has been accused of stealing Samsung Display’s trade secrets by hiring former and current Samsung Display employees and accessing Samsung Display’s partner companies.
In December 2022, Samsung Display filed a lawsuit with the ITC accusing BOE and a U.S. parts distributor of patent infringement. In October 2023, Samsung Display filed another suit against BOE for trade secret infringement.
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