South Korea’s Supreme Court closed a three-year-old patent dispute among the nation’s top three major shipbuilders, siding with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Samsung Heavy Industries.
The court dismissed an appeal filed by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), nullifying its patent over a technology that reliquefies evaporated liquefied natural gas (LNG). The court said the technology was no different to what its two rivals already use.