485: Chapter 485 The Entrance of San Sang

"What a cause for celebration! This dog of a company is finally getting a beating. From here on out, China's technology will definitely develop at lightning speed."

"That goes without saying. Things will definitely be better without a troublemaker stirring the pot."

"I wonder if any country will target their panels and foundry services. There's a monopoly in this industry too... Let's make them obediently hand over the Quadruple Patterning Technology... This is a good thing that benefits the entire industry."

"The guy above me is acting suspicious. Tagging the Guangzhou Internet Police."

"Damn, this is truly a carpet-bombing smear campaign... But I'm very curious, why don't overseas entities learn their lesson? They actually dare to mess with Transsion again."

"The person above me has learned a lesson. That's why it's not the United States taking action this time. I suspect they're currently figuring out how to reap the harvest themselves? [Dog Head]"

"When will Quan Ye strike back? I want to see the 'black slaves' attack [Head]."

Under these maneuvers, England also discovered that things had exceeded their expectations. They wanted to try to salvage the situation, but the arrow was already on the string and had to be fired.

Fortunately, their reinforcements arrived!

On April 29th, in Seoul, South Korea, Samsung Electronics announced an emergency press conference.

Han Jianhua, Vice General Manager of Samsung Display, was pushed to the forefront. In front of global media, he announced the official filing of patent lawsuits in South Korea, China, and the European Union.

This was their second time suing Transsion's subsidiary, Transsion Panel, for infringing on eight of Samsung's core OLED patents.

Including the pixel arrangement structure!

That's right, Samsung still hasn't given up on the Diamond Pixel Arrangement. After lying dormant for so long, they finally launched another offensive. This time, they wanted to take back their Diamond Pixel Arrangement while banning all infringing products globally.

And they were also seeking an additional $320 million in damages.

"The antitrust investigation in the North Harbor region has just broken out, and now patent infringement? Transsion is truly evil; I hope they get hammered to death."

"I told you domestic technology was all copied, and now it's been proven, right? I guess they'll definitely settle out of court next? As for why Samsung is being bullied, of course, it's that invisible hand manipulating things behind the scenes."

"Antitrust first, then patent lawsuits—this is playing with open cards. I want to see how Transsion will respond."

In Transsion's conference room, all the executives were present. Facing this sudden attack, the atmosphere was relatively calm.

After all, they were just a bunch of low-lifes; nothing to fear.

"Samsung is kicking us while we're down; they are clearly just a pawn."

The person in charge of Transsion Panel was there, cursing loudly.

"Those patents of theirs are the same ones from last time; they have no standing at all. They just want to disgust us in the court of public opinion."

"Playing the lawsuit card again? Why don't we just give them a beating?"

Shen Fei sat at the head of the table, quietly listening to everyone's reports:

"If they want to play, then we'll play with them to the end. The Legal Department will respond to the lawsuit according to procedure, and the European antitrust investigation will be handed over to a specialized team to handle. As for the patent lawsuit..."

He looked up at the head of the Legal Department beside him: "If they want to mess with us, then it's time to bring the evidence we have out into the sun."

In the afternoon, Transsion Group held a global online press conference to begin its counterattack.

This was also Lu Weibin's first public appearance!

Representing the Transsion Panel team, he transformed into a little 'flamer' on stage, refuting Samsung's 8 patent accusations point by point, and then attached the complete source tracing documents for the patented technology.

He also attached the results of the previous court hearing.

The facts proved that Samsung was engaging in malicious litigation once again.

"Facing this situation, the young men in our Legal Department are eager to make achievements. If our peer company refuses to change its ways, we will also use all our strength to counterattack. This time, it won't be as simple as paying 5 million."

This sentence from Lu Weibin instantly made the South Korean reporters on site feel a bit uncomfortable.

After all, last time, Samsung had formulated a very perfect counterattack plan, but it ended with betrayal from their partners... and courts in various places choosing to bow down under the threat of China...

Just as they were constantly trying to boost their morale in their hearts, Lu Weibin suddenly laughed.

"Speaking of patent infringement, we happen to have one thing we need to clarify to everyone."

"Samsung recently launched a Diamond-like E2 series OLED Screen, and the third-generation dynamic anti-burn-in technology it advertises... I wonder if anyone has an impression of it?"

This sentence made the South Korean reporters look up!

They hurriedly whispered to each other while constantly taking out their phones to search for this technology.

"Seems like I have some impression of it."

"Hmph! Do you feel our R&D capabilities now? South Korea will never lose to any country, especially China. Give us another three years, and we will definitely catch up in all aspects!"

Just as these guys who had eaten too much kimchi and damaged their brains were feeling self-moved, Lu Weibin instantly slapped them in the face.

"Everyone should be quite familiar with this technology. Because it did indeed significantly improve the efficiency of anti-burn-in. This technology was not self-developed by Samsung. Because it has a technical principle overlap of up to 92% with the global invention patent for pixel dynamic refresh compensation algorithm applied for by China Star in 2012, and the core parameters are exactly the same."

"That's fake!"

The South Korean reporter just wanted to retort but was immediately held back by the security team nearby!

Just as they wanted to emphasize that they were reporters.

On the screen, the patent application time, technical principle diagrams, and algorithm logic comparisons were already clearly listed...

It could be said that except for not bringing out screenshots of third-party internal test documents, all other evidence had been presented.

China Star was once again crushing them with ironclad facts.

"We have already filed a lawsuit with the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court regarding Samsung's plagiarism of China Star's patents, demanding that Samsung immediately stop the production and sales of all infringing panels. And compensate for economic losses totaling 1.7 billion Chinese Yuan."

The press conference lasted about 40 minutes, but public opinion flipped in an instant.

"Damn, a thief crying 'stop thief'! So it turns out Samsung copied Transsion's technology, and they still had the nerve to sue first?"

"How did they dare?"

"Why wouldn't they dare? They have someone backing them. As long as they can confirm Transsion plagiarized, wouldn't they be the ones to benefit?"

"No wonder this generation of E2 is so awesome. Experts on the forum had previously guessed if it was plagiarism, and it turns out it's true! Samsung panels are really getting more and more trashy!"

"It's been a long time since I've heard this name. The last time seems to have been when Transsion Panel was released."

Swept up by this wave of public opinion, a large number of netizens flooded the official account of Samsung's China branch, spamming "King of Plagiarism".

In South Korea, because of the lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, the stock had originally risen by 2.5%—a full 'Kun point'—but now it has directly evaporated by 7.3%, with its market value evaporating by over $10 billion.

Meanwhile, Huang Tianya in the Huaxin Investment office watched the diving K-line on the screen.

Since Lu Weibin had already lit the fire, he would add more fuel to it.