Japan's franchise office sentenced to win the case of CMO LCD panel infringement

Japan Patent Office (Japan Patent Office) on the day before the judgment of the Japanese semiconductor Energy Research Institute (Semiconductor Energy, Labs, SEL) related to the LCD TV antistatic patent claim are all invalid. This is the CMO alternative Seiyu (Seiyu) the verdict and the online retailer ByDsign filed for the patent invalid.

The Japanese semiconductor Energy Research Institute at the end of 2004 in the Tokyo District Court has sued the Department Seiyu Japanese subsidiary American the world's largest hypermarket Wal-Mart (Seiyu), a famous Japanese Iiyama store, and online retailer ByDsign patent infringement.

SEL claims that the defendant, such as friends of the west to sell the LCD panel equipped with CMO LCD JP3241708 has violated the anti SEL (ESD) suspected. SEL further asked the court to prohibit the sale of Western friends and other defendants with CMO LCD panel LCD tv. SEL since last year to the Tokyo District Court has dizhuang have accused Iiyama, Seiyu and ByDsign company adopts LCD panel CMO company production of the patent infringement, and therefore asked the court to prohibit the sale or TV display equipped with CMO LCD panel. Friends of the West and Iiyama, which will be equipped with all the CMO LCD panel products shelf.

The CMO in Japan Tokyo District Court filed with SEL and CMO did not infringe the patent invalid affirmation litigation petition, reputation damage also required SEL CMO compensation of ten million yen, and replace the Seiyu and ByDsign petitioned the Japan Patent Office, the patent. In December 16th, all requests for the patent were revoked by the Japanese patent office.

At present, the Tokyo district court is hearing the CMO for confirmation proceedings and compensation requirements, can be expected next month will have the judgment. Because of the fact that the Department of justice believes that the contents of the trial of the franchise hall in favor of CMO's technical position, the company is very confident of this judgment.