Guangdong four LED companies responding to the upcoming settlement of 337 investigation

The footprints of fireworks went through Tiananmen square, all the way north, towards the main Olympic stadium. Huge footprints into the sky falling stars, gathered into a sparkling dream rings. Flying from the sky, surrounded by rings. -- this is the "dream ring" and "flying Apsaras" in the opening ceremony of the Olympic games".

This sparkling LED provider, Guangzhou Hongli photoelectron head is suspended for a "Damour Chris sword" -- the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) 337 investigation 4 Chinese LED enterprise is light, including hongli.

Reporters recently learned exclusively from reliable sources, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) of China's LED enterprises start the "337 investigation" is expected to be closed within two weeks, the surveyed enterprises reached a settlement with the applicant, Chinese enterprises will compensate for the hundreds of thousands of dollars, to continue to maintain the right to export to the United states.

A survey of Guangdong disaster area

Really bad luck. Guangzhou Hongli opto electronic chairman Li Guoping own absolutely unexpected, enterprises in China's LED industry is only modest, should also become the 337 investigation.

Reporters came to Guangzhou Huadu Auto City, looking for the light hung in the stillness of the figure of the industrial zone. The cold was terrible, the occasional car flashed around, the reporter finally found two motorcycle who ask, never heard of the company, not even heard of the "East Road", only know "Fengshen avenue". Just a few laps around, finally saw a police officer, asked at the end of Dongfeng Road, Dongfeng Road West, found hung lee light.

It covers an area of about 30 acres, has about 1000 employees of Hongli light, is the protagonist of the 337 survey. In February this year, the United States retired professor of Columbia University GertrudeNeumarkRothschild to ITC filed charges, global 34 enterprises in the production of beauty and beauty of the light emitting diode (LED) and sales of laser products infringed 1 of its patents (Patent No. 5252499), requires the ITC to be for people to start the "337 investigation", and apply for the general exclusion order, 4 enterprises in China are involved in Guangdong -- Guangzhou hongliguang Electronic Co. Ltd., Shenzhen ZHOULEI Electronic Co., Ltd. Shenzhen exceedled optoelectronic Co., Ltd. of Shenzhen City Jia Electronic Technology Co Ltd.

According to informed sources, the applicant intends to 4 companies for 3 million patent fee by 4 companies equally, but multek light and light had to abandon the respondent -- that is to say, no such products are exported to the United states. Later, in the government under the guidance for exports to the United States to save the LED industry, Hongli light and Lei Chau joint pleading.

According to the latest developments, and has received light hung lee Lei Chau settlement agreement, they will jointly to the applicant to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs -- including the applicant is required to pay the government 25% of the personal income tax. At present, the compensation has been approved by the safe, is expected to play recently - - which means that the Chinese LED companies for the investigation, is about to end in a settlement.

However, Li Guoping did not confirm this result to reporters, said: "is expected to get a satisfactory result in the near future. "And the case of attorney Wang Jiabin said only" is expected to result in two weeks".

The gun hit the bird?

Reporters noted that the survey of 4 companies in Guangdong, in the LED industry are not well-known small and medium enterprises. In addition to Hongli light is a thousands of medium-sized enterprises, the other three are very small scale enterprises. At the same time, the 337 survey of foreign companies, but NOKIA, Motorola, SONY, Samsung and other well-known multinational companies. Thousands of LED companies in the country, the 4 small and medium enterprises why will be fancy?

Guangdong Heng Yi law firm partner Zhang Baisha analysis refers to the "337 investigation" for low threshold but harsh sanctions, compared with the anti-dumping, the shorter, more costly, even lost compensation to the plaintiff without constraint. China law currently has the ability to respond to the survey 337 of the lawyers less and less, mostly the direct cooperation with foreign law firms, foreign law firms to cooperate with domestic lawyers, lawyers costs hundreds of millions of dollars, the general small and medium-sized enterprises are difficult to deal with. Moreover, the party involved shall be caught off guard in a limited period of time, all the material for production and management for small and medium-sized enterprises is not an easy thing.

"In the 4 companies surveyed, Hongli light has been regarded as the biggest, but in the industry is not the biggest. Li Guoping reluctantly told reporters: "maybe the gun hit the bird, we have 3 consecutive years of participation in the United States, and in the local made some print ads. "

337 of the fire industry

This may not be the root cause. According to people familiar with the matter, Professor Rothschild is a more than and 80 year old man in a wheelchair, and his family is one of Australia's richest families. In order to investigate this, Rothschild set up a huge legal group, the two sides will be divided into a certain proportion of the compensation received. "Rothschild as a seventy years old, rich old man, whether there is a clear motivation for the compensation go to war initiated 337 investigations? "

There are deep reasons behind it, the international trade strategy, or the invisible hand or part of the foreign enterprise. According to the Ministry of Commerce statistics, in 2007 China's LED exports to the United States about $350 million, an increase of 53.9%