Seoul -. Because employees of the South Korean company LG to have damaged washing their competitors Samsung at a product demonstration in Berlin, there was a raid on the LG’s headquarters in Seoul on Friday
Where did the investigators documents and computer hard drives seized, reported the South Korean news agency Yonhap. The white goods factory in Changwon LG had been searched. “Our office is examined by investigators,” said an LG spokesman AFP, without giving further details.
Samsung had brought against several high-level LG employees, including LG Appliances boss Jo Seong jin, filed a lawsuit for defamation, criminal damage and obstruction of business. The company alleges that the LG employees have damaged Samsung machines intentionally at a trade fair in Berlin in September.
According to Samsung surveillance cameras had recorded as several men who were later identified as the LG people, destroyed the door hinges Samsung washing machines. Samsung LG also raises defamatory statements about allegedly defective Samsung washing machines.
LG rejected the allegations in a statement back. The company was “concerned that its business and its brand image suffers seriously by the unilateral and outrageous view of its competitor.”
The South Korean electronics giant Samsung is the world leader in mobile phones and flat screen TVs. Its smaller rival LG is one of the largest household appliance manufacturers worldwide. The two companies for years already deliver a fierce PR battle.
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