Feb 15, 2010 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) --

Business in Asia on February 15, 2010. A summary prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, market intelligence and business opportunities:

S KOREA'S LG ELECTRONICS WINS PATENT DISPUTE WITH WHIRLPOOL

SEOUL - South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. (KSE: 066570) said today that it has won a patent dispute with U.S. appliance maker Whirlpool Corp., ending years of conflict that threatened the suspension of sales of related LG products in the American market. On Friday, the International Trade Commission made its final ruling that LG Electronics did not infringe upon patent rights held by Whirlpool in producing its refrigerator products, South Korea's No. 2 electronics manufacturer said in a press release. The ruling comes after Whirlpool filed complaints with the U.S. trade agency in January 2008, claiming that LG violated its patented technologies in a total of five cases.

The White Plastic Base of the Vegetable tray in the Double Door Refrigerator is damaged & has Cracked Badly. Also the Gasget bordering the Door is in damaged condition,due to which the is lower cooling than what should be there. There has been 4-5 complaints to LG customer care but there has been no response in this regard. Their People just visit,report the complaint & then nothing happens. Their people have also taken the photographs of the damages mentioned above.