Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2026
US Jury Finds BOE Willfully Infringed Three LCD Patents, Awards US$66.9 Million
In November 2023, Longitude Licensing and 138 East LCD Advancements sued BOE in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that displays supplied to HP and other customers infringed three LCD patents originating from Seiko Epson. On January 15, 2026, the jury unanimously found infringement and that it was “willful,” awarding a total of US$66.9 million (approximately RMB 466 million); one basis for the jury’s finding was that the two sides had conducted 13 licensing negotiations since 2020 without success. Impact and handling: On January 27, the court entered judgment; the presiding judge did not add punitive damages, and the plaintiffs withdrew their request for a permanent injunction. Progress: court judgment. Involved entity: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. Related scope: BOE Group’s LCD panel business; patent litigation in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
2025
BOE Found by ITC Preliminary Ruling to Have Infringed Samsung Display Trade Secrets; Later Settles for About KRW 1 Trillion
Starting at the end of 2022, Samsung Display filed multiple patent and trade secret infringement lawsuits against BOE in the United States and China and applied to the US International Trade Commission (ITC) for a Section 337 investigation. In July 2025, the ITC preliminary ruling found that BOE and seven of its subsidiaries improperly used Samsung Display’s OLED trade secrets and planned to impose a limited exclusion order for 14 years and 8 months on related OLED panels and modules. Impact and handling: In November 2025, the ITC suspended the final ruling, and BOE confirmed on an interactive platform that the two sides had reached a settlement over intellectual property disputes in the display field and withdrawn the Section 337 investigation and related cases; according to Yonhap, BOE agreed to pay about KRW 1 trillion (approximately RMB 4.85 billion) in patent royalties, while Samsung did not disclose the specific terms. Progress: media reports. Involved entity: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. Related scope: BOE Group and its OLED-related subsidiaries; the US ITC Section 337 investigation and intellectual property litigation in China and the United States.