Nokia Oyj, the world’s largest maker of mobile phones, sued Samsung Electronics Co, LG Display Co, AU Optronics Corp (友達光電) and other manufacturers of liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) over claims they colluded to fix prices of panels.
The lawsuit, filed on Nov. 25 in federal court in San Francisco, is based on federal and state antitrust claims. It mirrors arguments AT&T Inc made in a suit filed last month in the same court.
Nokia accuses Samsung and more than six other display makers of conspiring to raise the price of displays above the level in a competitive market. Nokia seeks unspecified damages and an injunction to stop the alleged collusion.
“The liquid-crystal displays were incorporated into Nokia mobile wireless handsets,” the complaint reads.
The conspiracy “artificially inflated the price of liquid-crystal displays ultimately incorporated into LCD products purchased by Nokia, causing Nokia to pay higher prices,” it says.
Both lawsuits cite and rely on a US Justice Department investigation of display panel price-fixing. In March, Hitachi Displays Ltd became the fourth company to plead guilty. Hitachi was named as a defendant in Nokia’s suit and not in the case brought by AT&T.
LG Display, Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd (中華映管) and Sharp Corp agreed to plead guilty last month to the US claims and pay US$585 million in criminal fines.
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