A court ruling determined that the QLED televisions sold by Chinese company TCL were not actually QLED.
It has been revealed that TCL, a television manufacturer based in China, has been found guilty of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act for failing to meet the necessary standards for QLED (Quantum Dot LED) technology, despite selling its products as compatible with QLED.
German court orders TCL to halt QLED TV ads over false claims - The Korea Times
TCL now can't call some of its TVs 'QLED' after losing in court to Samsung — and there are more legal cases coming | TechRadar
https://www.techradar.com/televisions/tcl-now-cant-call-some-of-its-tvs-qled-after-losing-in-court-to-samsung-and-there-are-more-legal-cases-coming
In April 2025, Samsung, a competitor, filed a lawsuit against TCL's German subsidiary, alleging that models it was selling as QLED TVs did not meet QLED standards.
QLED TVs, which employ quantum dot technology, display brighter and clearer images compared to conventional LED TVs. The International Electrotechnical Commission defines QLED TVs as 'products that improve color reproduction by using blue light as a backlight and employing a structure in which a quantum dot film is placed between the panel and the backlight,' but Samsung claimed that 'TCL's models do not achieve the color reproduction expected of QLED TVs.'
In March 2026, the Munich First District Court ruled that TCL's models did not exhibit the characteristics of QLED and misled consumers, thus violating Germany's unfair competition law. As a result of this ruling, TCL will no longer be able to advertise or sell certain QLED television models in Germany.
This isn't the first time TCL's QLED technology has been criticized for not performing as expected. In late 2024, the South Korean news site ET News reported test results stating that 'the chemicals necessary to construct quantum dots were not detected in TCL's QLED TVs.' These tests were commissioned by Hansol Chemical, a South Korean chemical company that also does business with Samsung.
According to ET News, indium and cadmium, essential elements for QLED technology, were not detected in three of TCL's models. TCL disputed these results, stating that 'cadmium is definitely present, although the amount may vary depending on the supplier,' and published its own test results claiming that the figures were different.
Hansol Chemical has filed a lawsuit against TCL with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for alleged false advertising.
Related Posts:
in Note, Posted by log1p_kr