Merck, a global leader in innovation and technology, has won a lawsuit against a Chinese company that infringed its intellectual property rights for display materials, recognizing Merck's strong IP position in the liquid crystal display field as well as its technological prowess in the display materials field.

Merck announced on the 6th that the Düsseldorf Regional Court recently ruled in favor of Merck in a case involving intellectual property infringement by Beijing Bayi Space LCD Technology Co., Ltd.

The court's decision concerns liquid crystal mixtures featuring certain ingredients and prohibits the sale of products containing infringing liquid crystal mixtures in Germany.

This ruling confirms Merck's strong IP (intellectual property) position in the liquid crystal field.

Merck has a broad portfolio in various technologies for the LCD industry, including Polymer Stabilized Vertical Alignment (PS-VA) for television applications, Fringe-Field Switching (FFS) and Ultra-Brightness Fringe-Field Switching (UB-FFS) for mobile and IT devices.

Merck's innovative research and development, in line with the needs of our customers leading the display industry, secures expertise in various fields and actively contributes to the growth of our customers.I would like to contribute.

With 135 years of history in liquid crystal research, Merck has been working in Korea for 34 years to develop display materials and expand its production facilities by combining its scientific and synthetic expertise with extensive data sets and new digital tools.

With over 1,750 employees across 13 sites, we are providing the most optimized and superior solutions for next-generation display development to meet the diverse needs of display manufacturers.

For the Korean display industry, we opened a technical center in the Poseung Industrial Complex in 2002, started OLED and organic material-related business in 2005, opened a research institute for OLED synthesis and material development in 2011, and opened an OLED application research institute in 2014.

In addition, in 2021, as part of the 'level up' growth program for innovation and production capacity in the electronics business sector, the company decided to invest approximately 600 million euros (approximately 840 billion won) in Korea by 2025, and in 2022, it opened an OLED sublimation purification facility worth 15 million euros (approximately 25 billion won) at the Pyeongtaek Poseung Technical Center.

Merck is actively contributing to sustainable development in Korea by upholding the principles of responsible business practices by strictly complying with the laws and regulations of the countries in which it operates.