Those LED patent battlefield on the love hate imbroglio"

China LED Reuters] someone with a patent, fat money, some people because of the patent "a disaster"; some of its deep love, as if the treasure, it was on the "hate cut", talk about its color. LED people have a deep understanding of the patent, the number of patents around the story of a few.

Scenario 1: an employee and BOSS's purpose story

Characters: Nakamura Shuji, Nichia

Plot: blue LED won the Nobel prize in physics would be one of the winners of Nakamura Shuji and his old club Nichia had "grudge" also comes out.

In 1979 Nakamura Shuji joined the Nichia company, after several years of efforts in 1992 invented the Blu ray LED, in 1993 to achieve a production of blue LED. Then Nakamura Shuji because with Nichia patent disputes and differences with Nichia when he was management concept, and then left in 1999 Nichia American president of University of California-Santa Barbara invited to the school to teach.

Nakamura Shuji moved to the United States after Nichia in the village to provide competitors patent technology, enterprises suspected of leaking secret sued in the village, Nakamura Shuji because of dissatisfaction with the patent with Nichia profit, only to 20 thousand yen (about 1147 yuan) for invention reward and fight back, put forward invention compensation lawsuit after many years the two sides to 844 million yen (about 48 million 401 thousand and 400 yuan) reached a settlement.

Although the patent dispute has continued: Nakamura Shuji and Nichia ended, but then in the circle of Japanese intellectual property rights is not a small billows. In 2014 October there was news that the Japanese Patent Office Industrial Structure Council branch of the patent system of Intellectual Property Rights Committee drafted the "patent law" amendment, aiming at the problem of employee invention patent ownership, the current law of patent right belongs to the employees of all the provisions of the amendment, proposed on the basis of making the reward system to all enterprises". However, such a change once again raised the question of the industry, the industry has pointed out that the author, the revised Patent Law will hinder the innovation and innovation of suffocation companies? If so, what is Japan's hope? "

Scenario two: international big coffee and Taiwan industry "sniper" (1)

Protagonist: CREE, Acer Qi, East Bay

Supporting role: this electronic, Feit Electric Co.

The plot: in September 16, 2014, CREE voice has said to the Wisconsin West District Court of Taiwan LED packaging factory and Hongqi Kingbright electronic filed a patent infringement lawsuit, with the wisdom of maintaining their own white LED products such as property right. At that time, Hong Qi and this is not to respond to the current electronic.

However, the story quickly reversed. In December 2014, Wang Qi said has been charged in the United States of North California Federal District Court in the United States on December 5th LED CREE Corp. and the relationship between enterprises - Hongkong CREE and Shanghai CREE Hong Qi's infringement of photoelectric LED patent.

CREE and Acer Qi, this electronic battle has not yet divided the outcome, CREE will muzzle against another plant - East bay. In January 13th, CREE in the United States International Trade Commission and the Wisconsin federal court to sue, accused of not listed American companies Feit Electric Co. and Taiwan donbei photoelectric violated the company involved in packaging and LED LED chip, design and operation of lighting related patents.

Critics: industry analysts said that due to CREE in August 2014 entered the Taiwan LED one-stop factory of Ronda, both sides announced coalitions in lighting products, then in September started the patent offensive on Taiwan packaging factory, Hong Qi sued the infringement, then to sue Toberti. CREE is trying to rival the production of LED bulbs out of the U.S. market. In other words, with the growing popularity of energy-saving lighting, the market competition is more intense, the court will also meet on the battleground "".

Scenario three: international big coffee and Taiwan industry "sniper" (two)

The protagonist: Nichia, billion light

Plot: Nichia and Taiwan Everlight "grudge" long-standing, Everlight said, "Nichia began and launched a series of patent war of the company since 2006". The previous "entanglement" is no longer in details, several recent US intercept plot, we can glimpse see the leopard spots.

Billion light on 9 May 2011, the Japanese Patent Office filed a mistrial request of Nichia JP4530094 patent. In 2014 May, billion light received the verdict in favor of the Japan Patent Office notice, and that the Nichia patent is invalid, then the media interpreted as "billion light victory". However, Nichia immediately responded that a judgment about this, Nichia to Japan intellectual property court of appeal.

This section has not yet been entanglements end, Nichia resorted to new tactics, to the federal court of Australia dizhuang sue Arrow Electronic Australia, claimed that the production of LED products manufacturing billion light against its Australian patent No. 720234th. Billion light June 4, 2014 responded that the patent is invalid, the day before the Japanese Patent Office approved all claim invalid Japanese Patent No. 4530094th, which is one of the Australia Nichia patent family.

Result: these cases only Nichia patent disputes and billion light of the tip of the iceberg, the two sides "staged plot" involving location, involving patents is difficult to list. Analysis of the industry, the recent release of Nichia to strengthen cooperation between Taiwan and factory, and will strive towards reconciliation on the road, between Nichia billion light and patent litigation battle