Samsung Resumes Display Talks with BOE After Patent Dispute Resolution

Samsung Electronics has entered discussions with Chinese display manufacturer BOE Technology Group to resume supplies of OLED panels for its Galaxy smartphones and LCD panels for its smart TVs.

The talks follow the settlement of a long-running patent infringement dispute between BOE and Samsung’s display unit.

BOE Chairman Chen Yanshun met last week with Samsung executives, including TM Roh, president of the mobile experience division, and Yong Seok-woo, head of the visual display business.

The meeting took place at Samsung’s offices in South Korea.

The executives discussed BOE supplying up to 10 million LCD panels annually for Samsung’s smart TVs, a volume that had dropped to about 1 million units after the patent fallout.

They also addressed small-sized OLED panels for Samsung’s mobile devices, including potential use in flagship Galaxy S series phones.

“After resolving the patent dispute between BOE and Samsung Display, South Korean manufacturer’s head, TM Roh, met with the CEO of BOE to discuss the potential use of BOE OLED screens in new Galaxy S flagships,” tipster Ice Universe posted on Weibo.

BOE had supplied OLED panels for Samsung’s lower-end Galaxy smartphones until relations soured in 2024 over the patent issues.

Samsung Display won the lawsuit earlier this year, leading to a U.S. Federal Trade Commission ban on BOE shipping OLED panels to the United States.

The companies ended their legal quarrel a couple of months ago.

Samsung turned to limited OLED supplies from Chinese maker Tianma during the interim.

The renewed partnership stems from Samsung’s efforts to diversify suppliers and reduce costs as prices rise for processors, camera sensors, memory and other smartphone components.

No final agreements have been signed.

BOE currently provides OLED panels to Apple for some iPhone models and to Chinese brands such as Huawei, Oppo and Vivo for their high-end devices.