VIAVI Files Complaints Against LG Electronics, LG Innotek and Optrontec Based on Infringement of 3D Sensing Patents
San Jose, Calif., November 18, 2019 – Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) to initiate an investigation under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, against LG Electronics, Inc., LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., LG Innotek Co., Ltd., and Optrontec Inc. (collectively “Defendants”). The complaint asks the ITC to initiate an investigation into whether the Defendants have engaged in unfair trade practices by importing and selling in the United States certain mobile phones and tablet computers, including the LG G8 ThinQ mobile phone, that infringe one or more claims of three VIAVI patents. Today, VIAVI also filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California asserting patent infringement claims against the same Defendants.
VIAVI is a pioneer and world leader in the field of three-dimensional (3D) motion sensing technology, including VIAVI’s state-of the art optical filters. In a typical gesture-recognition system, a light source emits near-infrared light towards a user and an optical filter is used to transmit the emitted light that is reflected by the user to a 3D image sensor, while substantially blocking ambient light. The patented VIAVI optical filters achieve superior optical performance, a desired reduction in filter thickness, and a reduced center wavelength shift with a change in incidence angle of the reflected light.
Mobile device manufacturers like LG Electronics, and its suppliers including LG Innotek and Optrontec, have incorporated VIAVI’s patented optical filter design into their optical filters and components to produce high-end mobile phones and tablet computers featuring facial and gesture recognition technology. In the ITC, VIAVI seeks relief, including an exclusion order preventing Defendants from importing the infringing electronic devices into the United States. In the California litigation, VIAVI seeks damages and injunctive relief, including a permanent injunction prohibiting Defendants from importing the infringing electronic devices into the United States.
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VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions for communications service providers, enterprises, network equipment manufacturers, government and avionics. We help these customers harness the power of instruments, automation, intelligence and virtualization to Command the network. VIAVI is also a leader in light management solutions for 3D sensing, anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, and defense applications. Learn more about VIAVI at VIAVI Solutions. Follow us on VIAVI Perspectives, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
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