TCL and Patent Owner Reach Agreement in LED Smart TV Dispute

TCL Electronics and a patent owner are resolving a dispute concerning LED technology inside smart television products.

TCL Industries Holdings Co, TCL Electronics Holdings Ltd., and Lexington Luminance LLC notified the court Monday they’ve reached a settlement and requested a 60-day stay to file dismissal papers in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Lexington sued TCL in March 2024, alleging the electronics company infringed US Patent No. 6,936,851 B2, which covers a method for a semiconductor light-emitting device. It’s the second time its asserted the protected technology against TCL, after a July 2016 suit in Massachusetts ...