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SK Agrees to Pay 2 tln Won to LG to Settle EV Battery Secret Case

SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co. agreed to pay 2 trillion won (US$1.78 billion) to settle an electric vehicle battery dispute with LG Energy Solution Ltd. and withdraw all their other pending litigations to end their two-year legal battle, the two companies said Sunday. The two Korean battery makers announced the results [...]

LG Demands ‘Reasonable’ Compensation from SK in Battery Row Settlement

SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd. will sternly handle the legal dispute with SK Innovation Co. to receive “reasonable” and “proportionate” compensation for the damage caused by the local rival’s trade secret misappropriation of its battery technology, its CEO said Thursday. Shin Hak-cheol, CEO of LG Chem, which wholly owns the battery [...]