Request for cancellation of SK Ino’s patent litigation
LG Energy Solutions’ request to cancel the patent lawsuit filed by SK Innovation with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in September 2019 was dismissed.
On the 1st (local time), ITC did not accept LG’s request to sanction a patent lawsuit filed by SK Innovation against LG Energy Solutions. This decision was delivered to both companies on the 5th of last month.
With this ITC decision, the patent lawsuit filed by SK Innovation will also be investigated by ITC as scheduled. The day before, ITC made a preliminary decision that SK Innovation did not infringe related patents regarding patent infringement such as battery separators raised by LG Energy Solutions.
SK Innovation said, “After LG’s patent lawsuit was filed by SK, it took a strategy to raise a frame of unfounded and malicious’document deletion’.” Insisted.
On the other hand, LG Energy Solutions made it clear that “it is a common occurrence in the process of resolving related issues of a lawsuit,” and “it does not affect the nature of the lawsuit at all. At this point, it is difficult to discuss a specific company’s suitability or failure in a patent litigation, and it is planned to investigate the truth through the remaining litigation procedures.
The patent infringement lawsuit filed by SK Innovation against LG Energy Solutions is expected to be preliminary in July.
The lawsuit was derived from the lawsuits for infringing the business secrets of electric vehicle batteries of both companies. In April 2019, when LG Energy Solutions (at the time LG Chem) filed a lawsuit for infringement of trade secrets, SK Innovation sued LG to ITC and the federal court for infringing on its battery technology ‘994’ patent in September.
Battery Materials Innovation Conference Announcement: Webinar on April 8th
The Elek, a media specialized in electronic components, is holding a’Battery Material Innovation Conference’ on April 8 through companies in charge of the four core materials for batteries to view related technology trends, tasks and future. The event is held as a webinar, and various companies such as Heraeus, a global company for core battery materials, and Enchem, a company specializing in electrolytes, share the latest information. LPN, which is developing silicon anode materials, also participates.
We are also preparing to announce the latest issues in the battery industry to predict the latest technologies and future trends, as well as the 4 key material market trends and the development direction of next-generation cathode materials.
This is a differentiated conference organized and organized by The Elek, a media specializing in electronic components. We hope that you can seize new business opportunities with new information. We ask for your interest.
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-Event Overview-
Occasion: Battery Material Innovation Conference
Organizer: The Elek, a media specialized in electronic components (www.thelec.kr)
Date: April 8, 2021 (Thursday) 13:30-17:00 (Live Webinar)
Participation fee: 165,000 won (tax included)
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-Program-
| Presentation time | subject | Speaker |
| 13:30~14:00 | Battery 4 Core Material Market Trends | Korea Battery Industry Association You-Tak Kim Team Leader |
| 14:00~14:30 | Development status and business strategy of silicon-based anode material and spherical anode material | Jeong-Hoon Oh, Senior Vice President, LPN AMT Division |
| 14:30~15:00 | Porous carbon to improve battery performance | Dr. Heraeus Moritz Hentel |
| 15:00~15:30 | Next-generation cathode material development direction | Pohang Institute of Industrial Science and Technology Nam Sang-cheol Group Head |
| 15:30~16:00 | Development of high energy density Ni rich anode and cathode electrolyte | Enchem, Eunki Shim Director |
| 16:00~16:30 | Recent issues in the battery industry and outlook for materials, raw materials and recycling markets | Park Jae-beom Senior Researcher, POSCO Research Institute |
| 16:30~17:00 | Lithium excess cathode material development trend | Professor Donghwa Seo, Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST |
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