You forgot to realize that a patent is valid for only 18 years and all patents granted before 1994 are invalid today.
And you conveniently deleted the years they were awarded, which shows that Korea has overtaken Taiwan since 2007. Furthermore, what Koreans have are essential patents in the area of telecommunications and electronics, while Taiwanese ones are minor ones. This is why Taiwanese don't collect much patent royalty while Koreans do.
South Koreans are Number One THIEVES. Especially LG.
I didn't delete anything. The chart comes directly from the USPTO office. In the last 18 years, Taiwanese patents still outnumber Korean patents.
You Koreans are thieves, but you won't admit it. LG has profited for decades off of Taiwanese LCD patents. You shameless Koreans had the gall to sue Taiwan in an U.S. federal court. In a 77-page ruling, the U.S. federal judge ruled all four critical patents belonged to Taiwan's AU Optronics.
You Koreans have stolen critical Taiwanese patents and built billion-dollar profits off of our innovations. You turn around and claim the Taiwanese patents weren't important. Have you no shame?
You damn Korean pirates! Your whole LCD display industry is based on stolen Taiwanese technology!
You've been stealing Taiwanese technology for decades and you're still stealing! (See second citation below from June 5, 2012)
South Korean LG and other South Korean companies are playing a nasty game. They steal Taiwanese technology and make billions in profits. They patiently wait for Taiwanese companies to eventually sue the thieves. The South Korean companies pay a small portion of their illegal profits to the Taiwanese companies as settlement.
The South Koreans screw the Taiwanese all over again, because it's massively profitable. The South Koreans are gaming the system, but there's nothing Taiwan can do. I need to borrow a Chinese 3.3-megaton DF-3A warhead and send Seoul a message! Stop pirating or else!
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LG Dispay LCDs May Be Banned Worldwide
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LG [Display] LCDs May Be Banned Worldwide
6:50 PM - May 3, 2010 - By Kevin Parrish - Source : Tom's Guide US
A patent infringement case may block the sale of certain LG LCD panels.
ZoomComputerworld reports that Taiwan-based AU Optronics (AUO) is trying to halt the import and sale of LG Display LCD panels across the globe. If an injunction is successful, this could ultimately hurt consumers and their choice of LCD options, as LG currently commands over a quarter of the LCD panel market.
Over the past three and a half years, LG and AUO have been in a legal scuffle in regards to patents covering material and processes used in making LCD panels. Friday marked the end of the long, multifaceted battle, with AUO emerging as the winner based on LG's inability to prove that the rival company infringed on its LCD patents.
But in February AUO filed a counter-suit and won. Judge Joseph J. Farnan Jr. said in a 77-page verdict that AUO provided enough evidence to show that LG literally infringes on patents asserted by AUO--LG was unable to prove otherwise. Now AUO is warning consumers not to purchase 'unauthorized infringing products from LG for sale or use in the U.S. without the need for further court action.'"
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http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/06/05/47109.htm
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Taiwanese Tech Firm Sues LG Electronics
By TRAVIS SANFORD
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
WASHINGTON (CN) - LG Electronics imports liquid crystal display televisions and monitors that violate a patent on dissipating heat from semiconductors, a Taiwan-based company claims in a complaint to the International Trade Commission.
The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) says its patent covers a method of encasing silicon chips in a grid of metal balls that dissipate heat and improve electrical conductivity between chips, increasing their efficiency.
LG is based in South Korea. Both companies also have U.S. headquarters, ITRI in San Jose and LG in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Samsung is the only company licensed to use the ball-grid technology, ITRI says. It adds that it can meet market demand if the ITC imposes a ban on importing or selling the allegedly infringing LG devices.
ITRI says it also is filing an infringement suit against LG in a Federal Court in New Jersey.
The ITC usually reaches a decision on a complaint within 15 months. It has the power to stop importation and sales of infringing goods. After a period during which the president of the United States can reject its decisions, an ITC ruling can be appealed only to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
The complaint was filed by Tom Schaumberg with Adduci, Matriani & Schaumberg of Washington, D.C."
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http://www.cellular-news.com/story/46766.php
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LG Sued by Taiwanese Firm Over Patent Dispute
By: Sarah Fitzpatrick | 3rd Dec 2010
Taiwan's semi-official Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has sued South Korea's LG Electronics, accusing it of infringing 22 of its US registered patents covering the fields of mobile phones, air conditioners, blue-ray discs, and LCD displays.
The Taiwanese company said that if the Court does not block LG's actions, then it "will suffer additional irreparable harm for which there is no adequate remedy at law and impairment of the value of its Patent rights," the Itri claimed in its filing with the courts.
The case is similar to the IP litigation between Acer and HP three years ago, when the former successfully used the support of the ITRI to force the latter in accepting a settlement.
LG said in a statement it will take appropriate action when it receives the official court documents, which it expects later this month.
The ITRI is a technology developer that was founded in 1973 and is partly funded by the Taiwan government."