China's LED industry faces significant patent risk

"337" case for China's semiconductor lighting companies sounded the alarm, and Shenzhen is the LED lighting business center, so many LED companies urgently need expert advice on how to avoid patent risk. 28, 2009, at the seminar held by the Municipal Intellectual Property Office, the Nanshan District Intellectual Property Office, director of the State Intellectual Property Office Development Research Center Mao Jinsheng for many companies to explain the LED patent strategy.

LED industry faces significant patent risk

Mao Jinsheng introduction, more than half of the global LED lighting industry patents from Japan, mainland China accounted for only 5%. From the perspective of patent quality, the quality of the United States and germany. The number of patents in the top five per capita from Japan, Toshiba, Matsushita, SHARP, NEC, Nichia chemical.

Currently, Shenzhen engaged in LED lighting technology and product development, production and application of more than and 700 companies, accounting for nearly half of the country, the industrial scale of about 15 billion yuan. Shenzhen is the world's largest production and supply base of solar LED lamps, LED backlight and screen the main production and supply base. Mao Jinsheng said, Shenzhen patent applications in the field of semiconductor lighting ranks first in the country, 315 of the total number of patents is the invention of the 192.

"Last February, an American woman on grounds of patent infringement, apply to the U.S. International Trade Commission, called for a 337 survey of Hitachi, Samsung, Toshiba and other 34 enterprises, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen Hongli opto electronic 6 companies Chinese Lei chau. This case sounded the alarm for China's semiconductor lighting industry. Mao Jinsheng said that with the development of China's semiconductor lighting industry, international patent disputes continue to shift to our country, only in 2008 there will be two patent lawsuits against Chinese enterprises.

He Chinese analysis in the field of semiconductor lighting patent application quantity is less, the quality is not high, usually peripheral patents, the core technology focus on the basic of foreign companies, the scope of patent protection basically fall within the scope of patent of others. Because more than half of the core patents in our country, so there is a large patent risk. In addition, the domestic research and research combined with less, is not conducive to industrial development. Domestic research institutions of the substrate technology, epitaxial technology, chip technology applications, but only a handful of successful implementation of patents, research institutions and enterprises in a very large space for cooperation.

Shenzhen enterprises should pay attention to patent strategy

Mao Jinsheng to Shenzhen enterprises out of the patent risk aversion prescription":

Close communication and cooperation with Taiwan enterprises. Taiwan enterprises in the semiconductor lighting has strong technical strength, there are a considerable number of patent applications in the country, and have to deal with the experience of the United States and Japan Patent litigation. Strengthen technical cooperation with Taiwan enterprises, help to deal with the possible existence of foreign patent risk.

Apply for more peripheral patents, improved patents, in order to get some aspects of the right to speak.

Strengthen cooperation with colleges and universities.

Strengthen cooperation between enterprises, holding the foreign.

To set up an early warning and emergency response mechanism for the industry's intellectual property rights, timely and dynamically analyze competitors and take corresponding measures.

Prior to the introduction of technology should be carefully assessed, including the introduction of the legal status of the technology, whether the patent protection period, whether the grant of patent right, the patent is declared invalid after the legal liability and loss of commitment, etc.. If the introduction of technology from abroad, should also consider whether to apply in China, if not in China and the company is not ready to open up overseas markets, the technology can be used directly without the need to pay royalties.

More than 60 manufacturers to purchase LED deep

Yesterday, composed of more than 60 foreign businessmen, some provinces and cities in China, the government on behalf of large science and technology enterprises procurement team arrived at the Hongxin Bai Hong Huaqiang North photoelectric products exhibition center procurement negotiations. A wealth of products and one-stop service for many customers on the spot procurement. At yesterday's conference, DSD lighting technology, Fuji electronics and Bai Xinhua have macro Hongxin signed a long-term cooperation agreement to further strengthen cooperation in the field of Optoelectronics with the advantage of both.

Shenzhen has a favorable geographical position and superior industrial policy for the development of LED industry. It is understood that due to the LED technology of semiconductor lighting with high efficiency, energy saving, environmental protection, long life, easy maintenance, etc., is one of the most promising high-tech areas in the world in recent years. Shenzhen municipal government also clearly will give policy support to LED industry, in February 5th, the Shenzhen municipal government the four session of the 128 executive meeting approved in principle the "LED industry development planning of Shenzhen city (20092015 years)" and a series of supporting the development of LED industry policy, industry policy is very advantageous.

Located in Shenzhen Huaqiang North Bai Hong Hongxin photoelectric products exhibition center comprehensive integration of the Pearl River Delta and the LED, in the middle and lower reaches of product resources, build a comprehensive platform for the integration of product exchange, purchase and sale of the Pearl River Delta and the country's LED suppliers and buyers, has become the domestic and foreign merchants to purchase LED preferred. Since the exhibition center since March this year in Shenzhen Huaqiang North, by many suppliers and buyers of all ages, and to undertake the municipal reconstruction engineering projects in a city, such as the transformation of the city, Yunnan province Ruili hall, underground shopping malls, parking lot lighting LED lighting engineering; Guizhou province highway signs, LED lighting lighting engineering; Jiangsu province Nantong City fishing port transformation and sea fishing LED lighting lighting engineering. Not long ago, Bai Hong Hongxin also undertake the Singapore