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Seoul Semiconductor Invalidates Enplas Lens Patents and Acquires Royalty-Bearing Licenses
Dec 11, 2015Seoul Semiconductor announced that it has prevailed in a series of patent invalidation actions against Japanese lens maker Enplas also concluded royalty-bearing licenses regarding LED technology with North American television makers, which ...
Tags: Semiconductor, backlighting units, LED chips
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Seoul Wins Patent Case and Agrees Royalty-Bearing Licenses
Dec 10, 2015South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd says that it has prevailed in a series of patent invalidation actions against Japanese lens maker Enplas Corp and has also concluded royalty-bearing licenses regarding LED technology with ...
Tags: LED packaging, LED chips
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LEDinside: When will Nichia and Everlight Settle LED Patent Disputes?
Nov 12, 2015Recent patent disputes between Japanese LED manufacturer Nichia and Taiwanese counterpart Everlight has raged on, with new disputes every now and then. Will the two sides ever reach a settlement? And how will these patent issues affect the ...
Tags: LED Patent, Nichia, Everlight
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CREE and Epistar Consolidate Market Position Through LED Patent Cross-License Agreement
Nov 12, 2015Cree and Epistar announced on Aug. 4, 2015, the two companies signed a global LED patent cross license agreement. The move signals large LED manufacturers strategy of maintaining market positions through patent advantages, said LEDinside ...
Tags: CREE, LED lighting, LED patent
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Review of Business Disputes Among LED Manufacturers Throughout 2015
Oct 14, 2015In general, LED Manufacturers performed quite well over the past eight months in 2015. But competition among LED manufacturers intensified through price wars, patent disputes and fighting over distribution channel were overwhelming. A ...
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Heraeus Obtained The Patent for Te-Added Glass Material in Japan
Mar 19, 2015Germany-based Heraeus has announced joint possession with Japan-based Shoei Chemical of a patent regarding Te (tellurium)-added glass material used to make conductive silver PV paste. The patent is likely to kick up patent disputes with ...
Tags: PV Paste, Heraeus, Glass material
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Android Ecosystem and Wearable Technology Will Probably Get a Boost
Feb 7, 2014The Android ecosystem and wearable technology will probably get a boost from the patent deal Google and Samsung have struck, but the agreement is unlikely to have an influence on Samsung’s intellectual property disputes with Apple, ...
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The CEOs of Apple and Samsung Electronics Will Participate in Diplomacy Talks
Jan 10, 2014The CEOs of Apple and Samsung Electronics will participate in diplomacy talks ahead of a March trial in a patent dispute in a federal court in California. Samsung’s Oh-Hyun Kwon and Apple’s Tim Cook will attend the mediation ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, Mediation Talks
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Claim ThatApple Violated Samsung's Patents Has Been Rejected
Dec 18, 2013Apple and Samsung Electronics have held a series of private negotiations about their patent disputes since last summer when Apple notched a victory in one case, according to legal documents and people familiar with the matter. Samsung ...
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LED Lighting-Market Patent Strategy for Taiwan LED Manufacturers
Nov 18, 2013Embattled Taiwanese LED packager Everlight and Japanese manufacturer Nichia both published press releases on Nov. 6, 2013 regarding their latest YAG patent dispute in China. The two companies ongoing patent wars has rekindled LED industry ...
Tags: LED Manufacturers, Lighting
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Release No Signs of Settling Patent Dispute with Everlight
Sep 16, 2013Japanese LED manufacturer Nichia has shown no signs of making peace with Taiwan LED manfuacturer Everlight over the latest patent dispute. In a rare move, Nichia held a press conference in Taiwan to clarify the situation and criticized ...
Tags: Everlight, Nichia Shows
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Nichia Wins Round in LED IP Battle with Everlight
Sep 12, 2013Nichia wins round in LED IP battle with Everlight, Dominant says it settled an IP skirmish with Osram, Cree introduces a 93-CRI SSL A-lamp, and Silver Spring partners with Sunrise Technologies on adaptive controls. The global LED ...
Tags: Lighting, LED Business
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Osram Has Already Entered Into Similar Agreements with Other Big Players in This Market
Sep 3, 2013It extends from LED chips and laser diode chips through modules to luminaires. In the past years, Osram has already entered into similar agreements with other big players in this market including Nichia, Philips, Toyoda Gosei, Cree, ...
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Everlight's Counterattack to Harassment From Competitors Aim at Protecting Thier Interets
Aug 27, 2013After The Japanese Patent Office (JPO) rendered Nichia’s patent JP2780691 invalid on November 12, 2012, Nichia decided to file for a Correction Trial at the JPO to conduct claim amendment. Subsequent to the trial procedure, the JPO ...
Tags: Everlight, Blue LED Patent
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a Patent Cross License Agreement Is Signed Between Osram GmbH and Sharp Corporation
Aug 27, 2013Lighting manufacturer OSRAM (Munich/Germany) and electronics manufacturer Sharp Corp. (Osaka/Japan) have entered into a comprehensive agreement about the cross licensing of patents. The agreement comprises patents of both companies’ ...
Tags: OSRAM, Sharp Corporation