LED patent war spread rapidly 2014

This year, Shenzhen NPC and CPPCC, Shenzhen municipal Revolutionary Committee in the proposal bluntly: since 2011, the external impact of the economic downturn, Shenzhen LED industry encountered difficulties, LED lighting enterprises only closed in 2012 on more than 80, accumulated in the rapid development of problems gradually exposed. Shenzhen LED enterprises mainly in the middle reaches of the packaging and downstream applications, the upper part of the high added value is extremely weak, and the level of technology is relatively backward.

Public information, Shenzhen engaged in LED technology and product research, development, production and application of nearly 2000 companies, accounting for about LED of the country's total number of enterprises around 30%. However, most of them belong to the technical field of LED packaging and application, rarely seen in the production of chips, semiconductor materials, phosphors. Whether it is technology, process, equipment, key raw materials are required to introduce.

According to preliminary statistics, as of June last year, Shenzhen LED patent applications reached 17373, accounting for about 40% of the province. However, in the middle reaches of the industry and downstream packaging and application of patents close to 50%, while in the upper reaches of the industry extension and chips, the proportion of patents less.

Moreover, Shenzhen's LED patents are mostly peripheral patents, the lack of core patents, especially white light, high power LED lamp thermal balance problem, persistent and efficient fluorescent powder and other patents, has been Europe, the United States, Japan monopoly. Shenzhen enterprises to break through this patent barriers, need to make breakthrough progress in the technical route or key materials.

For this reason, more and more domestic and foreign enterprises have realized that if they want to get rid of the vicious competition, such as price war, product homogeneity, plagiarism and so on, they must have their own invention patent. Since last year, the invention of the patent has been paid attention to, but all kinds of patent disputes. In this small series with you on the recent review of the LED patent that thing.

Huizhou Guozhan electronics VS Shenzhen Longgang LED Enterprises

In January 20th, the Huizhou exhibition electronic Co., Ltd. chairman Wang Dingfeng a paper petition to report on the Shenzhen Longgang, a well-known LED company in court. Request the court to order the defendant to immediately stop infringing on a patent for invention and compensation of 10 million yuan. Intellectual property lawyers said that such a lawsuit is only the tip of the iceberg of low-level competition in this industry. LED's core patented technology, has been European, American, Japanese manufacturers monopoly. If we do not take effective measures, more and more LED companies will face the same patent quagmire.

Nichia VS billion light

Japan and Taiwan LED factory Nichia LED packaging factory Everlight patent litigation war did not break, Nichia in January 27, 2014 issued a press release pointed out that in December 20, 2013, the United States District Court for the Eastern Michigan patent infringement lawsuit on manufacturing white LED using YAG phosphor is underway, according to agreed Nichia billion light in that program (Discovery) 4 independent motion information provided by the lack of (request).

According to Nichia news release text pointed out that about Nichia "sanctions move", the ruling of the court in violation of the court before billion light command. The court found that the document involved in the order was delayed, other documents were not produced, and there were other defects. As to violate the command of sanctions, the court asked billion light pay $5000 for it is not subject to the act, and also xiangriya billion light chemical to pay reasonable attorney's fees and the cost of the four motion. At present, Nichia is calculating reasonable attorney fees and the amount of the four has been moved by the expenditure of the cost.

In addition, Nichia also pointed out that about Nichia "forced to move forward the sample, the court agreed to all relief requested by Nichia, and ordered to provide the chemical xiangriya billion light from April 2006 sales in the United States all the complete list of phosphor based on LED, and the list is not the LED sample. The court further ordered that if the samples were not completed after January 2, 2014, the light would be fined $5000 a day.

GE lighting VS CRS

GE lighting swoop in 2012 new progress 6 companies accused of patent infringement lawsuit lighting device has, according to the latest news released by the GE lighting, GE lighting and lighting company CRS for GE 864 and 999 patents for reconciliation, CRS will pay royalties to obtain the right to use GE two patents.

GE, an American electronics company in the United States, in December 28, 2012 sued product marketing in the United States CRS, Technical Consumer Products, Lights of America and other six enterprises lighting device infringement. GE for 6 enterprises lighting device against its U.S. patent 6799864 and 6787999, involving LED heat sink, system design, as well as the replacement of existing lamps design.

GE has released the latest news on February 10, 2014 that, with the CRS reached a patent litigation settlement, however, GE did not disclose the details of the settlement of the two sides, only revealed that CRS agreed to obtain the right to use these patents GE. GE reconciliation for the progress of the two sides are pleased, stressed the determination to defend the patent, GE also pointed out that its 864 and 999 patents with the extension of the LED lamp life technology related, GE also authorized the adoption of these patents open attitude.