Solas OLED, an Irish company, again prevails against consumer electronics giants
DUBLIN, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Solas OLED Ltd. ( Solas ), an Irish company that owns patents relevant to OLED technology, announced today that it has again prevailed in its patent infringement action in Germany against electronics giants LG Display Co., LG Display Germany GmbH, LG Electronics Inc., LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH, and Sony Europe B.V. ( Defendants ).
On November 6, 2020, the Mannheim District Court in Germany declared Solas German patent DE 102 54 511 B4 (concerning a control circuit for light emitting diodes as invented at Stuttgart university) infringed by the Defendants, and enjoined the Defendants from marketing infringing OLED TVs in Germany subject to Solas posting a security (Court ref. 7 O 37/19). Solas posted the required security and on November 18 the Defendants filed an appeal and requested an immediate stay of the injunction. The Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court i