BOE files a lawsuit against Samsung Display saying it infringes upon its under-the-OLED camera IP

Samsung and BOE has a long legal battle in the US, over OLED patents as Samsung Display claims BOE infringes upon its OLED patents. Earlier this year the US ITC decided that BOE infringes on several of SDC's AMOLED patents. Last month SDC filed another lawsuit, this time in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, saying that BOE infringes upon four of its AMOLED TFT patents.

BOE has now filed its own patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Display, also in the Eastern District of Texas Federal Court. BOE says that SDC's under-the-OLED camera solution used in its foldable Galaxy Z Fold series infringes upon four of its patents (specifically US11,037,994, US12,266,309, US12,307,976 and US11,695,017).

In 2023, during a trade show, Samsung Display discussed its latest technologies that enable zero-border OLED panels, including 3D bonding, edge brightness control, and an under-the-display camera (Samsung calls this technology UPC, or under-panel-camera).

Samsung said it developed new technologies that increase the light transmission of the OLED above the camera by 50%, using a new sub-pixel structure, which improves the image quality. According to some reports Apple is working with Samsung to develop and adopt this technology for future iPhones.