Whirlpool files ITC action against LG Electronics

LG Electronics, no stranger to patent cases (at the Supreme Court and elsewhere) is involved in a case with Whirlpool over refrigerators.

Reuters stated: Whirlpool said on Wednesday [23 Jan 2008] it filed the patent infringement action with the International Trade Commission (ITC), charging several LG refrigerator models infringe five Whirlpool patents. It asked for an ITC order to stop LG from selling and importing infringing products into the United States.