""The two companies have agreed that fair technological competition is essential for the advancement of the display industry," and have therefore decided to withdraw all pending lawsuits, a spokesperson at Samsung Display confirmed to TechCrunch. "We [also] plan to withdraw all ongoing legal actions as part of this agreement." Samsung Display declined to comment on reports that BOE may pay patent royalties to the Korean hardware giant as part of the settlement. BOE did not immediately respond to a request for comment."
"The settlement lays to bed a drawn out, three-year fight between Samsung's display division and BOE, both of whom supply display panels used in Apple's iPhones. Samsung in December 2022 filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), alleging that BOE had infringed its OLED patents, and then filed another case in October 2023, accusing the Chinese company of stealing trade secrets by poaching employees to access confidential OLED manufacturing processes and technologies."
"In March 2025, the ITC ruled that BOE had infringed three of Samsung Display's OLED patents. On the trade secret side, in a preliminary ruling handed down in July, the ITC found that BOE had misappropriated Samsung Display's OLED trade secrets, and recommended banning the Chinese company from exporting OLED panels to the U.S. for nearly 15 years."
Samsung Display and BOE Technology reached a settlement to end a three-year legal battle over OLED technology and agreed to withdraw pending lawsuits and legal actions. Samsung filed ITC complaints in December 2022 alleging patent infringement and in October 2023 alleging trade-secret theft and employee poaching. The ITC ruled in March 2025 that BOE infringed three OLED patents and issued a preliminary July finding of trade-secret misappropriation, recommending a near-15-year U.S. export ban on BOE OLED panels. The companies have reportedly asked the ITC to end its investigation. Samsung declined to confirm royalty reports; BOE did not immediately comment.
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