LG Seeks Dolby Restraining Order in Suit It Asks to File Under Seal
A high-stakes legal fight looms between LG Electronics and Dolby Labs after LG's parent company applied Thursday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan for authority to file, under seal, a civil complaint as a "miscellaneous case" of unknown nature that…
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would slap Dolby with a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, according to court records in docket 1:21-mc-00862. Nineteen documents reside in LG’s docket report (in Pacer), all blocked from public access. Descriptors say they include redacted and unredacted versions of LG’s core complaint, plus motions for the TRO and injunction against Dolby, and declarations in support of those motions by Dongkwang Kim and Allan Shampine. A LinkedIn profile (requires password) belonging to Dong hwan Kim, with an English spelling different from in the docket report, says he's a product manager with LG's parent in Seoul. Shampine, a Chicago-based executive vice president with consulting firm Compass Lexecon, is an expert witness in antitrust, patent and securities litigation, specializing in telecommunications, payment systems and intellectual property, says his company bio. The case was assigned Friday to U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick, a 2013 appointee by President Barack Obama. Neither Dolby nor LG responded to requests for comment. LG has been one of Dolby’s biggest partners on the public consumer tech stage, having been among the first major TV brands to endorse Dolby Vision when it did so at CES 2016 (see 1601050040).