Defendant

LG Electronics Alabama

1 case as defendant.

Cases
1
Active
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1 closed
Filed
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Top venue
E D Tex
1 case

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LG Electronics Alabama, Inc. (LGEAI) is a US subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc. (KRX: 066570), headquartered at 201 James Record Road, Huntsville, Alabama. It was established in April 1981, according to LG Electronics' Korean-language business reports, and is 100%-owned by the Korean parent — the parent's filings list it among its consolidated subsidiaries. It is a registered foreign profit corporation in Florida (registered agent: CT Corporation System) and files annual reports listing officers who are also executives of LG Electronics USA in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. It is not separately publicly traded.

Operations. LG's own annual reports classify LGEAI under "service." Public job postings and trade data describe the Huntsville site as an aftermarket service-parts and logistics operation: procuring, warehousing and distributing spare parts for LG home appliances and consumer electronics, managing inbound freight, customs, supplier relationships and inventory KPIs (the company uses SAP/Oracle, TMS and WMS systems), and supporting after-sales service planning. Its customs records show imports of refrigerator, appliance, TV-part and vehicle-part components largely sourced from LG affiliates in Korea, Vietnam, China and Thailand. LG has not publicly disclosed LGEAI-specific headcount; the parent's Korean business reports list LGEAI revenue in the hundreds of billions of won range (roughly KRW 150–200 billion), though exact figures vary by filing year.

Litigation posture. Based on the tracked data, LGEAI is an operating company, not an assertion entity: it appears in one case as a defendant and none as a plaintiff. The single matter is Fundamental Innovation Systems International LLC v. LG Electronics, Inc. et al. (No. 2:16-cv-01425), filed in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division — a plaintiff-friendly venue. The suit names both LG Electronics, Inc. and the Alabama subsidiary.

Context. FISI is a Delaware-formed, Centerbridge Partners-backed patent assertion entity that acquired former BlackBerry USB-charging patent families in 2015 and has sued Apple, Samsung, Huawei, ZTE, TCL, Lenovo and others; reporting indicates LG later became a FISI licensee. The E.D. Tex. case produced a March 2018 claim construction order covering the Fischer family and battery-charging patents. LG Electronics, Inc. is the parent, so LGEAI's posture here is that of a downstream US subsidiary drawn into litigation over parent-branded charging products.

Fundamental Innovation Systems International LLC v. LG Electronics, Inc. et al.

claim construction held; later outcome not confirmed
Docket:
2:16-cv-01425
Court:
E.D. Tex.
Patents:7834586

FISI sued LG and Huawei entities in E.D. Tex. asserting the '586 patent. Claim construction was held on 2018-03-26; later outcome not confirmed.