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The LED industry's "difficult to solve" patent disputes attract attention


In 2013, the LED industry entered the warm-up period with the LED lighting fermentation, and the patent battle of the LED factory continued to be hot, and there was no sign of abating. Looking back at the storm caused by patents in 2013, the Japanese LED packaging factory Nichia and the Taiwan LED packaging factory Yiguang's patent attack and defense battle are the most representative. The patent war between Yiguang and Nichia is in Japan, China, In the United States, Germany and other places, the patent litigation between Nichia and Taiwan's LED packaging factory Dongbei and Hongqi also occupied a lot of news. In addition, the reconciliation of Korean TV manufacturers Samsung and LG in OLED patents has also attracted attention.
The five major patents faced by Taiwan's LED factory challenged Taiwan's LED industry to break away from the industrial downturn in 2013, but still face a lot of pressure on patent litigation, especially from the original patent network of European, American and Japanese manufacturers, as well as mainland Chinese manufacturers. Anxious to catch up. In order to break through the patent, Taiwanese manufacturers must overcome the patent encirclement of European and American manufacturers, the lack of patent development, the long-term integration difficulties of the industry chain, the lack of deep understanding of the domestic patent system, and the intrusion of patents. challenge.
Nichia VS billion light, slamming the war with a patent war between Japan and Yiguang in 2013, there is no sign of truce in 2013, the patent litigation of the two major LED packaging factories all the way from Japan to Germany and the United States, Japan and Asia again A press conference was held in Taiwan in 2013 to explain the progress of patent litigation with Yiguang. This time, the attitude of Japan and Asia has also undergone a major change. It is different from 2012. It is only an illustrative attitude. When the press conference was held in 2013, the wording became tough. The declaration will fully open the patent war against the infringing products involved in Yiguang.
The Japanese factory has a patent litigation relationship between Dongya VS Dongbei and Nichia, and Dongbei is also one. However, Nichia is not directly suing Dongbei for infringing its patent rights, but through complaints with Dongbei. The cooperation of the Japanese channel Tsann Kuen, which has an impact on the sales of Dongbei LED lighting to Japan, and the Tokyo District Court of Japan also made a Japanese-Asian patent invalidation judgment in March 2013, dismissing Nichia’s patent for the lighting of Dongbei customers. Infringement damage lawsuit.
Nichia VS Hongqi was in full swing in the patent litigation battle between Yiguang and Nichia, and the patent battle between Taiwan's LED packaging factory Hongqi and Nichia was quietly igniting the spark, Hongqi on November 5, 2013 The Eastern District of Texas (TexasTylerDivision) filed a lawsuit alleging that Nichia and its US subsidiary, Nichia American Corpration, manufactured a number of LED products, infringing on the patent rights of Hongqi. In addition to requiring the court to ban Japanese-Asian infringement, Hongqi also requested Nichia. Compensation for its losses.
Samsung VSLG, OLED patent reconciliation big factory in addition to the LED patent war, the two major TV factories in South Korea, Samsung (SAMSUNG) and LG (LG) in the OLED patent war also allows the industry to move away from the line of sight. The patent litigation case for the largest OLED was initiated by LG in 2012, suing Samsung products for infringement of its rights. After a year of litigation, the two major factories announced a settlement in September 2013.
EnplasVS Seoul Semiconductor, backlight device patent litigation is not a break in 2013 LED patent litigation warfare in addition to the spread of lighting, the backlight related patent litigation between the big manufacturers has not stopped, the Japanese optical electronic parts manufacturer EnplasDisplayDeviceCorporation and its US subsidiary EnplasTechSolutions, Inc On October 29, 2013, Enplas (USA), Inc. (hereinafter collectively referred to as Enplas) filed a request for confirmation with the Federal District of California, North District, requesting the court to confirm Seoul Semiconductor, Korea's largest LED supplier (Seoul Semiconductor Company, Ltd.) Two patents related to LED backlights transferred from Teledyne, a large group company in the United States, were not infringed by LED lens components used by Enplas for products from other LED lighting manufacturers, and the two The patent is invalid.
LightingScienceVSCree, LED lighting patents offensive and defensive Florida lighting company LightingScienceGroupCorporation (LSG, plaintiff) filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Cree, Inc. (Cree) of North Carolina on April 10, 2013, requesting a court ban Order and award damages. This patent of the LSG company is US Patent No. 8,201,968, which is called low profile light. LSG alleges that Cree's T67 LED downlights infringe on its patented 1-6, 9, 14, 17-20 and 22 claims, which are mostly used for ceiling mounting. The case was heard by the Florida District Court.
BaycoVS Philips, LED Headlight Patent Dispute Resolution BaycoProducts, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Bayco), based in Texas, filed a patent invalidation on February 26, 2013 at the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. The product has no infringement lawsuit, and the patents of Philips Inspur Dutch Electronics (Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.) and Philips American Corporation (US Philips Corp.) Philips Intellectual Property Standards (hereinafter collectively referred to as Philips) are invalid. The plaintiff Bayco received a notice from the defendant Philips on November 28, 2012, stating that the plaintiff Bayco produced the XPP-5450 series of dual-function headlights infringing its patent rights and demanded that the plaintiff Bayco must respond to make the plaintiff Bayco feel threatened. Therefore, it is proposed that the patent is invalid and the product has no infringement.
CreeVSCooper, LED lighting patent litigation US LED manufacturer Cree, Inc. on February 19, 2013 filed a patent infringement with the Federal District of Wisconsin Eastern District, telling CooperLighting, which manufactures and sells LED lighting equipment, LLC LED lighting products, in particular, the use of Cooper's current patented AccuLEDOptics light guiding system for regional lighting, street lighting and other LED lighting products, infringement of Cree's US patent number US8,282,239 patent rights, and one of them The regional/street lighting product, called VentusLED, infringes Cree's US patent US 8,070,306.

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