Article: Whirlpool Corporation Expands Legal Action Against LG Electronics Inc. for Infringement of Four Additional Refrigeration Patents.

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whirlpool Corporation today announced that it has taken aggressive, new legal steps against LG Electronics Inc., of South Korea, and its U.S. and Mexican affiliates.

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Whirlpool has asserted four additional patents against LG in an action pending in Delaware district court. Whirlpool Corporation's claims in that action state that several LG-manufactured refrigerator products imported into the U.S. infringe on these additional patents. Whirlpool is asking for injunctive relief and monetary damages in the matter.

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