Cree LED patent litigation provoke storm LED factory shares tumbled

LED international companies in the past frequently put forward patent litigation, almost become the nightmare of the LED industry in Taiwan. The market came to Taiwan, CREE LED leading crystal power plant, billion light filed a patent lawsuit, resulting in two LED industry 17 shares fell sharply limit, in this regard, Everlight, have clarified, interactive and Cree business is good, suit just rumors It is sheer fiction. But this rumor is obvious market for the development of LED although promising, but worried about the international patent litigation will become a time bomb hindering plant.

By patent litigation rumors, crystal power 17 shares daily limit to 106.5 yuan, hit a new low since April 2007, billion light also fell to 107 yuan, in the leading factory drag, many LED plants are caused by joint setback, EPISTAR, billion light jump out of fire. EPISTAR executive vice president Mingjun Zhou said that in the League of nations with crystal electric before, Cree had Xiangguo linked to buy red LED in the League of nations, crystal electric merger, Cree continued to maintain business with crystal electric.

As for billion light also pointed out that the billion light in the past has been an important customer of Cree, especially high power LED has many sources of supply from the Cree, it is impossible to have a patent litigation.

The industry said that although the crystal electric and Cree are important manufacturers upstream of the LED crystal, but the crystal electric blue and green LED and Cree process, Cree process using silicon plate, crystal electric on sapphire substrate for process, 2 in the blue and green process can not be patented in addition, the conflict, EPISTAR Chairman Li Bingjie and Cree high-level interaction is good, both sides can direct dialogue, analysis of Cree should not be filed a patent lawsuit.

Source: Digitimes- Optoelectronics