Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week, inaugurating what manufacturers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room. But because the sets require bulky glasses, and there is for now little to watch in the enhanced format, it will take at least a few years for [...]

Prosecutors said Thursday those involved – including employees of U.S. company Allied Materials and its South Korean unit – are suspected of leaking semiconductor technology belonging to South Koreas Samsung Electronics Co. to its domestic rival Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
The case highlights the intense competition among chipmakers and other sellers of high tech products, who frequently [...]

The global economic recovery will probably stimulate demand for TVs, mobile phones and computers, Suwon, South Korea-based Samsung said today, after reporting annual profit jumped 75 percent to a five-year high of 9.65 trillion won ($8.3 billion). Demand for chips and liquid-crystal displays will be “strong” throughout 2010, it said.
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Besides having to spring for expensive new TVs, people would have to put on awkward special glasses to give the picture the illusion of depth. That limits 3-D viewing to times when viewers can sit down and focus on a movie or show.
Its one thing to put on 3-D glasses in a theater, but “at [...]

The U.S. International Trade Commission yesterday said it would investigate the complaint filed Dec. 1. The case is part of an escalating two-year legal battle between the two companies over inventions used in liquid-crystal display televisions.
“By instituting this investigation, the USITC [...]

The announcement came less than a week after the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that Samsung infringed two Kodak patents. Kodak had alleged in November 2008 that camera phones made by Samsung violated various patents that Kodak obtained from 1993 to 2001.
Based in Seoul, Samsung is the worlds biggest manufacturer of memory chips, liquid crystal [...]

The patent-infringement lawsuit was filed Dec. 2 in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, similar to a complaint Samsung filed against Sharp with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington. The lawsuit seeks cash compensation for what Samsung contends is infringement of three patents.
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Yesterdays decision from the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington now heads to President Barack Obama, who can overturn the ban if he finds its contrary to the public interest. Samsung also asked an appeals court that specializes in patent law to put the ban on hold while a challenge to the underlying patent case [...]

Second-quarter net income rose 5.2 percent to 2.25 trillion won ($1.8 billion), the Suwon, South Korea-based company said today. Samsung was expected to report a 24 percent profit drop, according to the median estimate of 22 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News. Sales climbed 16 percent to a record.
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In an alliance announced Tuesday, Samsungs next generation of high-definition TVs will include a built-in feature that will enable people to rent the latest DVD releases from Blockbuster with the press of a button on the remote control.
The Blockbuster rentals, expected to be priced from $1.99 to $3.99 apiece for 24-hour viewing opportunity, will be [...]