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acid andy [soylentnews.org] writes:

LG Display blasted Samsung Display on Sunday for allegedly stealing its display panel technology, following a prosecution decision to indict several Samsung employees involved in a case of alleged industrial spying.

The article says that an LG spokesman called it an "illegal and organized theft of our large organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) display panel technology committed by Samsung Display employees". It also mentions a response by Samsung:

Samsung Display also released a statement on Sunday, expressing regret over the accusation and urging LG Display to stop making slanderous accusations.

Over on OLED-Info.com [oled-info.com] it's mentioned that these are the latest events in a long running fight between the two companies:

with lawsuits launched by both sides and even accusations of stolen prototype TVs [oled-info.com]. In 2013 two two Korean arch-rivals agreed to resolve their OLED dispute ... But settlement negotiation failed, and it seems that the OLED wars are far from over.

Whilst OLED screens are used in many mobile devices, the technology is still a long way from widespread adoption in desktop and laptop monitors. Manufacturers seem to be focusing on high end OLED televisions first. For example, LG's 65" 4k curved OLED TV, the 65EC9700 is now shipping in the US and UK [oled-info.com].

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