WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday ordered an activity settle to occupied in another looks at a unequivocal feud between Whirlpool Corp and LG Electronics over refrigerator components.
Whirlpool hindmost year accused adversary LG of infringing on five Whirlpool patents involving freezer section and ice storage bins. It asked the do business panel to desist imports of refrigerators with those components for rummage sale in the United States. On Feb. 26, an administrative decree judicator working for the commission issued an sign delimitation in favor of LG. But the intact commission ordered the chest sent back to the same administrative jurist and extended the agency's discovery procedure until Sept. 7. The commission is a standard venue for physical complaints because the agency can bar imports of infringing products.
Whirlpool, which makes KitchenAid, Maytag and Amana kind appliances, said the patents were associated with prevailing models such as French door refrigerators with bottom freezers and some side-by-side products. Established appliance companies such as Whirlpool and Sweden's Electrolux are front uncharted match as entrants such as LG and old-fashioned gazabo South Korean maker Samsung Electronics make available more high-end products. The commission posted its ruling at: http://www.usitc.gov/secretary/fed_reg_notices/337/337-TA-632.1247063256.pdf. (Reporting by Diane Bartz and Julie Vorman; Editing by Tim Dobbyn) Keywords: WHIRLPOOL LG/ITC (Company flash desk in Washington; +1 202 898 8400, washington.newsroom@reuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved.
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