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SK Inno refutes LG Chem’s statement in 5 hours
SK Inno filed a lawsuit saying “LG Chem infringed on battery technology patent”
LG Chem “Please approve destruction of evidence for our own technology and SK Innovation for patents”
LG Chem and SK Innovation, which are litigating trade secrets and battery patents, are fighting a tough battle. Photo = Hankyung DB.
“Do not make unsubstantiated claims that public opinion is misleading” -LG Chem(743,000 -3.26%)
“Please stop pleading by force and face the lawsuit fairly” -SK Innovation(154,000 + 1.99%)
LG Chem and SK Innovation, which are litigating trade secrets and battery patents, are fighting a tough battle.
With the final ruling of the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) litigation for trade secrets infringement filed by LG Chem, a month earlier, the conflict between companies has reached its peak. Each of the two companies issued a series of positions criticizing the other party, saying: “A claim without foundation” and “A claim against force.”
According to the industry on the 5th, LG Chem and SK Innovation issued a series of positions that are criticized every five hours. The day before, when LG Chem issued a statement that ‘K Innovation is making unsubstantiated claims related to battery technology patents’, SK Innovation issued a rebuttal press release saying it was a “forced claim” within 5 hours.
Previously, SK Innovation filed a patent infringement lawsuit against ITC in September last year, alleging that LG Chem infringed on its battery technology patent (patent number 994). On the other hand, LG Chem submitted an application to ITC to sanction SK Innovation, stating that the target patent in the lawsuit filed by SK Innovation was based on its own previous technology and that SK Innovation is destroying the related evidence.
LG Chem submitted an application to ITC to sanction SK Innovation, stating that the target patent in the lawsuit filed by SK Innovation was based on its own prior technology and that SK Innovation is destroying related evidence Photo = Hankyung DB.
First, LG Chem told SK Innovation: “We take someone else’s technology, register it as our own technology patent, and conversely, we file a lawsuit for infringement and then we destroy the evidence to hide it.” “It is a card and makes an unfounded claim that it misleads public opinion.”
“As a result of the trade secret infringement lawsuit, there was a situation where an act of deliberate destruction of evidence was carried out to conceal the facts in the patent lawsuit (legal penalties have been requested). It is not possible to claim patent infringement from the ITC through a failed act. This corresponds to the principle of impure hands. “
About five hours after LG Chem’s position came to light, SK Innovation announced via the disproved data: “Please stop making compelling claims and take the lawsuit fairly.”
SK Innovation said: “LG Chem claims that SK Innovation’s patent (994) is invalid because there is a product that precedes the patent developed by SK Innovation, but this patent clearly reveals that SK Innovation has developed its own technology.” .
SK Innovation filed a patent infringement lawsuit against ITC in September last year, alleging that LG Chem infringed on its battery technology patent (patent number 994). The photo is an electric vehicle battery from SK Innovation. Provided by SK Innovation
SK Innovation said: “LG Chem oversees the development of competing patents and raises numerous objections to discourage patent filing. If LG Chem thought its technology was patented, it would have objected at the time of filing.” Emphasized.
“LG Chemicals is not even aware of the ‘products that claim to be precedent’ at the time a patent lawsuit is filed, but is filing it belatedly after the litigation process has taken place, and is strengthening the similarity “. “We cannot help but criticize LG Chem for exaggerating and distorting the amount of technology they already knew.”
Regarding the destruction of evidence claimed by LG Chem, he said, “it is clear that nothing has been deleted” and “as a party who brought this lawsuit, there was no reason to delete the data and it did not.”
Finally, “In the case of the lawsuit, LG Chem will seriously respond to any distorted and exaggerated claims, but the act of misleading the public outside the lawsuit as if such distorted claims were proven facts should not continue.” “Although the parties are in dispute with each other, we expect that we will cover the truth according to the rules established in the litigation procedure with mutual respect.”
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