SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
June 17, 2012
Commission File Number 001-31335
AU Optronics Corp.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
No. 1 Li-Hsin Road 2
Hsinchu Science Park
Hsinchu, Taiwan
(Address of principal executive offices)
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Item
| 1. | Taiwan Stock Exchange filing entitled, “US ITC Affirmed No Violation of Section 337 by AUO” dated June 17, 2012. |
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| AU Optronics Corp. | ||||||||
| Date: June 17, 2012 | By: | /s/ Andy Yang | ||||||
| Name: | Andy Yang | |||||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||||
AU Optronics Corp.
June 17, 2012
English Language Summary
Subject: US ITC Affirmed No Violation of Section 337 by AUO
| Regulation: | Published pursuant to Article 2-49 of the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s Operating Procedures for the Publication of Material Information by Listed Companies |
Date of Events: 2012/06/17
Subject: To which item it meets—article 2 paragraph xx: 49
Contents:
1. Date of occurrence of the event: 2012/06/16
2. Company name: AU Optronics Corp.
3. Relationship to the Company (please enter “head office” or “affiliate company”):head office
4. Reciprocal shareholding ratios: N/A
5. Cause of occurrence:
AU Optronics Corp. (“AUO”) (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) is pleased to announce that the United States International Trade Commission (“ITC”) has affirmed on June 15, 2012 (US time) the Administrative Law Judge’s initial determination of January 12, 2012 of no violation of Section 337 in the case brought against AUO and several other respondents by Thomson Licensing, Inc (“Thomson”). The case began in 2010 when Thomson filed an ITC action against AUO and others, seeking a ban against importation of products Thomson believes violates its patents. After a trial lasting several weeks, Judge Rogers, the Administrative Judge who oversaw the trial, ruled in AUO’s favor on all counts. The ITC has now affirmed that AUO’s panels do not infringe any valid claim of patents asserted by Thomson.
6. Countermeasures: N/A
7. Any other matters that need to be specified: N/A