Together with its affiliate Seoul Viosys Co Ltd, South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against consumer electronics ...
On 10 August, a jury of six men and six women rendered a verdict in favor of LED maker Lumileds LLC of San Jose, CA, USA, finding that a Chinese competitor stole trade secrets related to Lumileds core technology for making high-power LEDs ...
Tags: LED, LED technology
China-based PV module makers are making R&D efforts trying to break barriers of patents concerning shingled array modules owned by Europe- and US-based firms, according to industry sources. Shingled array technology is to equally divide ...
Tags: PV module, shingled array module
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York has granted its motion for a preliminary injunction against SGL Carbon LLC, a ...
Tags: MOCVD, Epitaxial process equipment
CapitalG, a growth investment fund under Alphabet has led $1bn round of investment in ride-hailing company Lyft. With this investment, Lyft’s valuation has gone up to $11bn. CapitalG’s partner David Lawee will be joining ...
Tags: CapitalG, Rival Lyft
Nitride Semiconductor Co Ltd of Tokushima, Japan has filed a patent infringement lawsuit with the US District Court for the District of Minnesota against Digi-Key Corp (trading as Digi-Key Electronics), which sells ultraviolet ...
South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd has filed a lawsuit, together with its affiliate Seoul Viosys Co Ltd, in the US District Court for the Central District of California asserting that Archipelago Lighting Inc is selling ...
Tags: LED bulb, LED packaging
Bridgelux Inc of Fremont, CA, USA (a vertically integrated manufacturer of solid-state light sources for lighting applications) has filed a counter claim against Taiwan-based Everlight Electronics Co Ltd in the US District Court for the ...
Tags: Bridgelux, LED products
American paper and pulp giant International Paper has recorded a net profit of $80m, compared to the $209m the company earnt in the first quarter of this year. Last year, during the same period, the company earned $40m. The earnings ...
International Paper has agreed to settle the Kleen Products antitrust class action lawsuit, which was filed in 2010 against it and seven other containerboard producers. The lawsuit is pending in the US District Court for the Northern ...
Cartridge-based metering, mixing and dispensing systems manufacturer Sulzer Mixpac has filed lawsuits against F-System cartridge copiers and secured key judgments. The MIXPAC F-System provides a compatible system with cartridges of 200 mL ...
Tags: dispensing systems, mixing systems
General Motors (GM) has been accused of using a device in its diesel-powered vehicles in order to cheat on emissions tests, similar to Volkswagen scandal. A group of more than 700,000 owners and lessees of GM’s Chevrolet Silverado ...
Tags: General Motors, Diesel Emissions
On 28 April, Seoul Semiconductor Europe GmbH of Munich, Germany (a subsidiary of South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd) filed a patent infringement claim in Germany at the District Court of Düsseldorf against global ...
Tags: Mid-Power LEDs, Electronics
On 31 March, South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd (SSC) filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Germany in the District Court of Düsseldorf against global electronic component distributor Mouser Electronics Inc asserting ...
Tags: Semiconductor, LEDs
US ride-hailing firm Lyft has raised $600m in new round of financing at a $7.5bn valuation. The investors in the funding round include KKR, Baillie Gifford, Alliance Bernstein, Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) ...
Tags: Lyft, self-driving car