Updated Wednesday, July 23, 2008 0:00 am TWN, Bloomberg
Hitachi, Hannstar extend licensing on flat-panels
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Hannstar Display Corp., Taiwan’s fourth-largest maker of liquid-crystal displays, extended a patent agreement with Japan’s Hitachi Displays Ltd. for the design of screens used in LCD monitors and televisions. Hannstar and Hitachi Displays, a wholly owned unit of Hitachi Ltd., signed the six-year contract on cross licensing of LCD patents yesterday, Hannstar said in a filing to Taiwan’s stock exchange.
The Taoyuan, Taiwan-based company didn’t disclose financial terms.