Defendant

TCL Technology Corp.

1 case as defendant.

Cases
1
Active
0
1 closed
Filed
2020
Top venue
ITC
1 case

Company profile

I'll research this company before drafting.

Let me verify the litigation context and the DivX/TCL ITC matter.

Company overview. TCL Technology Group Corporation (SZSE: 000100; Chinese: TCL科技集团股份有限公司), commonly "TCL Technology," is a partly state-owned Chinese technology group headquartered in Huizhou, Guangdong. Founded in 1981 as TTK, it listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in January 2004 and was renamed from TCL Corporation in February 2020 after a 2019 restructuring that moved the TV/appliance terminal business to affiliate TCL Electronics Holdings (HKEX: 1070). Its 2024 annual report shows roughly 71,400 employees, operating revenue of RMB 164.8 billion (~US$23 billion) and net profit attributable to shareholders of RMB 1.56 billion.

Products / operations. TCL Technology is an operating manufacturer. Its segments are: semiconductor display via TCL CSOT (~63% of 2024 revenue, RMB 104.3 billion), making LCD and OLED panels for televisions, monitors, notebooks, tablets, automotive and handsets — a top-two global TV panel supplier; new energy photovoltaic and semiconductor materials via TCL Zhonghuan (RMB 28.4 billion); electronics distribution (RMB 31.5 billion); and industrial finance/investment. It acquired LG Display's Guangzhou LCD plants in 2025.

Patent-litigation posture. The tracked data — one case, zero plaintiff-side filings — is consistent with a large operating company being sued, not an NPE. It appears only as a respondent in the ITC Section 337 investigation DivX, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. (337-TA-1222), instituted October 2020 on a September 10, 2020 complaint. There are no tracked Eastern District of Texas filings against it.

Notable case context. DivX, LLC, a San Diego video-codec licensing company, asserted U.S. Patent Nos. 8,832,297; 10,212,486; 10,412,141 and 10,484,749 against video processing devices and digital smart televisions, naming TCL Technology alongside Samsung, LG, MediaTek and Realtek; DivX filed parallel district court suits. All respondents settled or were terminated, and TCL and DivX jointly moved to terminate on a settlement agreement, which the Commission granted in May 2022. TCL publicly stated the operational impact was limited.

Sources: TCL Technology 2024 annual report (SZSE), USITC Federal Register notices, DivX press release, Wikipedia.

DivX, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al.

terminated/settled
Docket:
337-TA-1222
Filed:
2020-09-10

Section 337 investigation filed by DivX against Samsung, LG, MediaTek/MStar, Realtek, and TCL entities. The asserted patents included the '486 patent. Realtek was terminated in 2021; the investigation was terminated as to TCL in May 2022 based on a settlement agreement.