Input 2021.01.14 16:49
According to industry and foreign media on the 14th, the US Patent Tribunal said that SK Innovation LG Chem (051910)It refused to initiate an investigation into two cases of IPR invalidation of battery separator patents filed against LG Energy Solutions, its subsidiary. SK Innovation filed a total of eight trials for invalidation of patents to the Patent Tribunal, but in November last year, six cases were dismissed from the start of the investigation, and the other two were dismissed this time.
However, the decision of the Patent Tribunal cannot be appealed. SK innovation (096770)Has no choice but to accept this decision. As SK Innovation’s judgment in order to gain an advantage in patent litigation was dismissed, it caused some disruption to its strategy.
On the other hand, it was decided to start an investigation at the end of September last year for the trial of invalidation of patents related to battery modules that LG Energy Solutions filed against SK Innovation in the Patent Tribunal. In the second half of this year, results are expected to determine whether SK Innovation’s patents are valid.