LG sues Hitachi over plasma display patents

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South Korea's LG Electronics has sued Hitachi, saying Japan's top electronics conglomerate violated seven of its plasma display-related patents, the latest in a string of legal spats over flat-TV related technology.

LG, the world's second-biggest plasma display maker after Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial (http://news.com.com/Panasonic+to+emp...-6024809.html), filed the suit with a U.S. district court in Texas, seeking monetary compensation and a halt to sales of Hitachi displays, LG said in a statement on Monday.

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