American LED Lite, this control infringement, Taiwan, Shenzhen Dili light is listed in the blacklist

It is reported that a LED factory recently to the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) filed 337 application for investigation, including the Taiwan, Shenzhen, Lite light emperor cross-strait LED package industry and its customers are included in the blacklist of infringement investigation. The lawsuit costs as high as $6 million, the Chinese mainland LED production officials are seeking joint LED plant with a lawsuit.

The day before, to promote the coordination working group on standardized China, national semiconductor lighting engineering research and Industry Alliance of Jiangsu held in Changzhou, experts from Taiwan and the mainland China meeting after the end of the meeting, to discuss the way to deal with litigation, the final decision should be combined in court, by the official and the mainland manufacturers Chinese collective respondent, chugu litigation fees to spend $6 million, is now seeking LED Taiwan factory LED industry together should suit.

It is understood that, in addition to China, six LED packaging factory was included in the survey, including Taiwan, Taiwan factory lite and other 8 companies, and its downstream customers include NOKIA, Motorola, SONY, Hitachi, Toshiba, LG and so on, are on the blacklist, if the United States ITC survey results to determine the infringement, will affect the Taiwan and Mainland China LED packaging industry exports to Europe and the United states.

According to relevant sources, not long ago, the United States has a retired professor of Columbia University, for the 337 survey application to ITC, against 33 of the world's LED packaging application enterprise, access violation of his school during his tenure of the epitaxial patent ("449 patent"). But according to the official, who declined to be named, said the professor has been retired last year, owned by the "499 patent" is mainly with 26 LED epitaxial patent, previous Lumileds defendant, finally reconciliation, licensing fees paid by Lumileds up; LED epitaxial industry in the upstream of the start of the object is not but, LED packaging industry and its customers, and put forward to choose told ITC, behind the accusations of infringement judgment, is likely to be the United States LED industry.

The official said, compared with the Taiwan factory LED packaging, LED packaging industry Chinese, the scale is relatively small, however, this was to "list", may mean that the U.S. LED industry in mainland China speculative trade conflict, the future China of mainland China and the United States LED industry probably will continue unabated.

Philips Lumileds announced the day before, ITC has issued an order prohibiting the Taiwan LED chip factory EPISTAR OMA, MB and GB series LED products imported into the United States, the reason is a violation of the patent of Philips Lumileds.

Source: LEDinside