2013 LED industry patent relay race, who led the spring and autumn?

Spring and summer LED as summer goes and winter comes, from the world's first practical visible spectrum (LED) was born to now, LED industry has spent 50 years. In October 2012 GE held by LED invented the 50 anniversary of the meeting, LED kaishanzushi Holonyak said, LED is in its infancy". Visible, LED technology innovation space is broad, the opportunity to obtain original invention patents are still many. So, in 2013, China's LED enterprises can have the opportunity to break the patent blockade of international manufacturers? LED industry will have what kind of patent breakthrough? LEDinside Xiaobian throw special jade, special and you guess under the patent trend in 2013. Generally there is no specific, as reference:

Conjecture 1: patent expires, LED packaging enterprises or orientation opportunities

As everyone knows, the global LED industry patent has been firmly grasp in CREE, PHILPS, OSRAM, and TOYOTA in the hands of Nichia chemical synthesis. The 5 large manufacturers in order to maintain the competitive advantage and maintain market share, for almost covers raw materials, equipment, packaging and application, the whole industry chain has a number of patents, yishouzhetian.

However, Feng Shui turn turn, this patent barrier is not hard to break, but there are signs of loosening. In accordance with the provisions of the patent law, patent protection for a period of 20 years, the utility model patent and design patent protection for a period of 10 years, that is LED related patents from the beginning of 1990, from 2010 onwards gradually expire, which also involves a considerable part of white light LED important. In other words, in the next 2 to 3 years, there will be a number of core patents in 90s of the last century due. In addition, the relevant patents related to fluorescent powder will also gradually lapsed between 2012 - 2014.

So, Xiao Bian guess, development of LED packaging enterprises will usher in new opportunities, is expected in the phosphor free white LED lighting technology zhanla angle.

Conjecture two: barriers warming, cottage version of the patent hidden dangers

In recent years, the domestic LED companies on the application of LED patent but carefully study, emerge in an endless stream, you will find that most of the patents are not original, they are either pick up, do some repair on the basis of the international LED giants original patent, or one in a utility model or design around patent, "copycat of" the high degree of gold, and also greatly reduced. Once the world wide range of lawsuits triggered by the international giants, or more than 70% of domestic patent failure.

At present, the export of overseas market LED companies have been frequently subjected to patent encirclement and suppression. At the same time, with the rapid development of China's LED lighting industry, the international lighting giants have vied with the core technology, the Chinese market. Although China's LED industry in terms of output and price advantage, but technically speaking, it is difficult to keep pace with international brands. At that time, foreign brands with positive force, patent weight, LED industry is likely to repeat the mistakes of the photovoltaic industry. Some experts predict that the next 2 to 3 years, it is likely that there will be a large group of foreign giants accused of local small and medium enterprises patent infringement incident occurred.

But, thankfully, some companies have begun to take precautions, for example, Neo neon, civilight respectively in February and April 2012, signed a cooperation agreement with PHILPS patent. November, crystal power and the Japanese Toshiba authorized AlGaInP LED technology patents. In addition, Taiwan factory canyuan in December and TOYOTA announced the synthesis of patent cross licensing.

It can be predicted that with the intensification of market competition, patent disputes will become the norm. To nip in the bud, small advice, while enterprises lack of ACE patent, can be appropriate to buy some patents, or by the number of enterprises jointly funded to obtain license, at the same time, through the establishment of patent alliance, strengthen the research of patent strategy, the use of bold "patent pool", the number of patent right the patent together, cross licensing, license, the ultimate way to hold together to deal with international LED giants "encirclement".

Conjecture three: the market is now a patent or new favorites, cock wire can counter attack Gao Fushuai

Indeed, the vast majority of the core technology of LED, in the hands of the hands of a few international companies, however, are not LED grass root, will feel powerless and frustrated. In the history of LED shows that the application development of LED is new, from the original mobile phone backlight, lighting up to now, from behind the stage, but the future will be towards the direction of the development of artificial intelligence. So, for the excavation of LED patents, whether it is innovative inventions, or utility models, or design, there is a great space:

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