LED patent war has not yet opened the Chinese market is now a disadvantage

June 12th, the world's LED chip giant PHILPS Lumileds chief scientist (former CTO), Huang Guang LED inventor George Craford lighting exhibition in Guangzhou, said China's LED companies will face patent litigation or international giants.

Stakeholders pointed out that since the beginning of 2010, will continue to have some important areas of white LED patent expired, that is to say, LED industry in recent years will fall into frequent patent litigation and battle. The development of China's LED industry so far, most of the invention patents are re created, once faced by the international giants led the global scope of litigation, domestic or more than 70% of the patent failure.

LED industry in the early stages of the development of a number of international giants to build a patent network, but with the new entrants into the ranks of the large, the patent network is also facing a weak situation. China has a number of applications in the field of LED industry more than or close to the amount of foreign branches, in the upstream industry chain has a number of peripheral patents, in the downstream industry chain has a huge number of advantages. However, because of the upstream industry chain is mostly peripheral patents, the core patent mastery is small, which led to China's LED industry in international competition lack of advantages.

At present, the Chinese market in the development trend of LED low power products is very compelling, LED chip production capacity presents rapid growth state. For increased production and the outbreak of the price war, the international giant said the limited impact on their products will maintain a reasonable profit margin, in this situation, China market will inevitably fall into the quagmire of low price competition and overcapacity.

According to the investment adviser released "2011-2015 China semiconductor lighting (LED) industry investment analysis and prospect forecast report" shows that in using the patent system China area of semiconductor lighting the main problems: first, use the patent system is not appropriate; two, the scope of patent protection is not appropriate; three, domestic applicants using the patent system started late four, only in the low level; the use of patent system. In order to form an effective patent effect, the Chinese market needs to break through in the early warning analysis, the patent layout and the weak alliance.