Intellectual Properties

IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Lighting Science Group Obtains Preliminary Injunction Order Against Philips
Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: LSCG) (LSG), a developer and integrator of intelligent LED lighting solutions, today announced that on October 7, 2008, the Superior Court of California for Sacramento County issued a preliminary injunction against Philips Solid State Lighting Solutions, Inc., Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. and Philips Electronics North America Corporation (collectively "Philips") preventing Philips from using or relying on certain confidential or trade secret information obtained from LSG. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Lighting Science Group Announces Developments in Litigation with Philips Electronics
Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: LSCG) (LSG), a developer and integrator of intelligent LED lighting solutions, today announced in conjunction with its annual shareholders' meeting, that there have been further developments in its on-going dispute with Philips Solid State Lighting Solutions, Inc., Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. and Philips Electronics North America Corporation (collectively "Philips"). Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Nichia’s Patent Invalidated, Seoul Semiconductor Celebrates a Convincing Win
Korea Intellectual Property Tribunal (“KIPT”) ruled that a patent, related to LED element, (Patent # KP 491482, hereinafter “’482 patent”) owned by Nichia Corporation (“Nichia) is invalid based on lack of inventiveness. Thus yet another of Nichia’s patents has been invalidated by KIPT, following a ruling in July, 2008 when KIPT invalidated a previous Nichia patent. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Seoul Semiconductor Expresses Confidence that it Is Not Infringing Nichia's Patent
Seoul Semiconductor (hereafter "Seoul") officially announced it had the means to establish its non-infringement of any valid claim in a lawsuit brought by Nichia Corporation (hereafter "Nichia") in the English High Court, in which Nichia asserts that Nichia asserts through their website and press release that Seoul's Acriche products infringe its patented "annealing" technology. Regarding this lawsuit, Seoul believes it has sufficient prior art to have Nichia's patent revoked as it is invalid. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Nichia Initiates U.K. Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Seoul Semiconductor based on the “Annealing Patent”
Nichia Corporation (“Nichia”) filed a new action for infringement and damages in the U.K. against Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (“Seoul Semiconductor”; incorporated in Korea) and other(s) based on the EP(UK) 0 541,373 patent, “Method of Manufacturing P-type Compound Semiconductor,”(the Annealing Patent) which is one of Nichia’s most important patents and relates to a thermal annealing method for manufacturing a p type GaN-based semiconductor. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Korean Court Finds Seoul Semiconductor Liable for Defamation
Nichia Corporation announced today that the Seoul Central District Court rendered a decision that Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is liable for defamation, and ordered Seoul Semiconductor to pay Nichia a damages amount of KRW 10,000,000, as well as take appropriate corrective measures to restore Nichia’s reputation. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Seoul Semiconductor Confident that Latest Lawsuit by Nichia Lacks Merit
Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. ("Seoul"), a leading Korean light emitting diode (LED) manufacturer, announced that it plans to vigorously defend a lawsuit filed by Nichia Corporation ( "Nichia") in the Eastern District of Michigan claiming infringement of US patent 6,870,191. After review of Nichia's '191 patent, Seoul believes that Nichia's lawsuit lacks merit and that the patent's LED substrate is patterned with a protruded and recessed trapezoid, which is different from Seoul's products. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Nichia Brings US Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Seoul Semiconductor
Nichia Corporation ("Nichia") announced today that it filed a patent infringement suit on August 18, 2008, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. ("SSC"), a Korean company, its U.S. subsidiary, Seoul Semiconductor, Inc. and its U.S. distributor, Avnet, Inc, seeking an injunction from future infringements and an award of damages. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Method for manufacturing super bright light emitting diode of nanorod array having InGaN quantum well
Method for manufacturing super bright light emitting diode of nanorod array having InGaN quantum well An GaN light emitting diode (LED) having a nanorod (or, nanowire) structure is disclosed. The GaN LED employs GaN nanorods in which a n-type GaN nanorod, an InGaN quantum well and a p-type GaN nanorod are subsequently formed in a longitudinal direction by inserting the InGaN quantum well into a p-n junction interface of the p-n junction GaN nanorod. In addition, a plurality of such GaN nanorods are arranged in an array so as to provide an LED having much greater brightness and higher light emission efficiency than a conventional laminated-film GaN LED. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Nichia Initiates DE Lawsuit Against Seoul Semiconductor's Acriche Products
Nichia Corporation (“Nichia”) filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Germany against a Korean company, Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. (“Seoul Semiconductor”), a German subsidiary of Seoul Semiconductor, Seoul Semiconductor Europe GmbH, and its German distributor, Conrad Electronic SE seeking injunctive relief and compensation for damages. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Luminus Devices Collects Ten More Patents - Now has 21 Patents Issued, with 120 Applications Pending
Luminus Devices, Inc., the developer and manufacturer of PhlatLight® (Photonic Lattice) LEDs that are used in display and lighting applications, today announced it has received its 21st United States patent for its PhlatLight technology. This rapidly growing patent portfolio highlights Luminus Devices’ technology leadership in the LED industry. And with 120 additional patents pending in the United States and foreign countries, Luminus will continue its leadership in solid state lighting innovation. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Philips Introduces Licensing Program for LED-based Luminaires
Eindhoven, The Netherlands – Today Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) introduces a patent licensing program for LED-based luminaires used in the general illumination, architectural and theatrical markets. It is Philips’ policy to share its intellectual property for basic control inventions for LED-based luminaires through licensing. This Philips IP addresses the basic control technologies required in a broad range of LED lighting applications. This new program extends the former Color Kinetics licensing program to enable faster growth of the Solid State Lighting market. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Cree and Toyoda Gosei Sign Patent Agreement
Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces that it has entered into an agreement with Toyoda Gosei providing the companies (including wholly owned affiliates) with access to each other’s patented LED chip and packaged LED technology (including white LED technology). Toyoda Gosei and Cree have agreed in the future to discuss “have made” rights for LED chips. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Judge Chesney Denies Fees for "Side View LED Design Patent Infringement" to Nichia
In the side view LED design patent infringement litigation between Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. (“Seoul”) and Nichia Corporation (“Nichia”), Judge Chesney of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an "Order Denying Plaintiff's [Nichia's] Motion for Finding of Exceptional Case and Award Attorney's Fees." By the motion, Nichia sought approximately $2.5 million in fees against Seoul. In her order, Judge Chesney ruled that it "would not be appropriate" to award fees to Nichia and that the case was not exceptional. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Nichia files Patent Infringement Lawsuit (2nd Lawsuit) against Japan Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. over White LEDs
Nichia Corporation (“Nichia”) announced today that it filed an action with Tokyo District Court against Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. of Japan (“Seoul Semiconductor of Japan”), a Japanese subsidiary of Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (“Seoul Semiconductor”), in which Nichia claims for the prohibition of infringement upon the patent right held by Nichia and compensation for damages. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2010
Toyoda Gosei has a license from Dr. Neumark for the '499 patent
Concerning the matter of the complaint filed with the United States International Trade Commission (the “ITC”) by Dr. Gertrude Neumark Rothschild (“Dr. Neumark”) of New York State, U.S.A., on February 20, 2008, seeking a block on imports, etc., of short-wavelength LEDs, etc., based on U.S. patent No. 5252499 (“the ’499 patent”) held by Dr. Neumark, please be informed as follows. Read more »
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