LED industry is facing international patent trap enterprises need to actively respond

Shenzhen has become the largest China LED (semiconductor lighting) industrial base, and the development of LED lighting industry, such as the green city in the future focus on the development of emerging industries, breakthrough. But the experts issued a reminder and warning frankly: at present, China's LED industry including Shenzhen, in general there are too few patents and the lack of core technology of the "weakness", recently, Shenzhen has 3 LED enterprises by the United States "337" provisions of the infringement; many Shenzhen LED enterprises to enter the international market must be vigilant, the international giant cloth under the patent trap and litigation risk.

Shenzhen LED industry gathering

Reporter learned that Shenzhen has become the largest China LED industry gathering, concentrated source, including century crystal Bonbel, Emperor light, all kinds of LED enterprise more than and 700, occupy the LED of the number of enterprises "half of the country, the annual output value of more than 15 billion yuan. In order to solve the shortage of energy and energy saving and emission reduction, vigorously promote energy-saving environmental protection economy strategy of our country in recent years, the Ministry of Finance issued last month the government procurement "tilt", subsidies and other new energy policy and financial support measures, pushing the development of new energy industry such as LED, Shenzhen city departments have more columns to be the focus of LED industry support for emerging industries. It is reported that the municipal government has recently decided to spend 300 million yuan in the next 3 years to promote the development of LED industry.

LED industry patent short board

Although LED technology application and promotion of mature conditions, "king of money" a good, but in the recently held in Shenzhen "LED industry intellectual property protection strategy seminar", a special trip to attend the seminar of the director of the development research center of the State Intellectual Property Office of Mao Jinsheng and other experts, but for the short board the current development of LED industry in Shenzhen and other places "and" serious problems, loudly warned.

Most enterprises do not have the LED core patents and technology, which is currently in Shenzhen and other places to enter the LED industry is facing the biggest problem. Mao Jinsheng in the analysis of global LED patent status revealed that according to the current regional distribution, the vast majority of the world's major patent by Japan and the United States, South Korea and other countries for enterprises and monopoly, and the mainland of China for the proportion is only about 5%. LED patent applications in China, Shenzhen, the fastest growing patent applications in recent years, occupying the first place in all regions of the country, a total of 315 applications. But other parts of the country and the LED patent applications similar to Shenzhen, the patent application time is relatively late, basically is since 2000 submitted, and the utility model and appearance patent accounted for a small proportion. From the technical aspects of the patent application or the entire LED industry chain, these patents are mainly concentrated in the lower end of the packaging, application and other downstream industries, high technology patents rarely.

Enterprises should actively respond to the patent risk

From international tort litigation risk and suppress the trade, now many Shenzhen LED enterprises must solve as pressing danger. According to the Municipal Intellectual Property Bureau said last year, ITC (United States International Trade Commission) launched a special LED for patent infringement case, the "337 investigation" of concern China industry, because the companies involved in the "337 investigation" of the range is very large, in addition to the well-known brand Motorola, NOKIA, LG electronics, Samsung, SONY Toshiba international, global 30 companies included in the list, the Chinese enterprises reached 4. Among them, the Shenzhen involved in the business accounted for 3: Shenzhen super Yi optoelectronics, Jia Guang, Zhou Lei. It is reported that the case was lost, only China will have nearly $100 million of LED products will be banned exports to the United states. At present, the relevant enterprises are taking measures to settle with the plaintiff or respondent. Municipal Intellectual Property Bureau, said the Council is speeding up the city's LED patent analysis, hoping to actively support the application of LED patent depth, and timely provide relevant patent risk warning and guidance.