Nichia and Hirose company to settle LED patent litigation

The Japanese LED maker Nichia (Nichia) said that the company recently with guanglai Wireless Electric Corporation (hereinafter referred to as guanglai company) reached LED related legal patent settlement, Hirose company in the market sales of Japanese LED lamp was purchased from manufacturers in Taiwan Taiwan Yadian Limited by Share Ltd, and the products are part of using the LED chip white LED package in Taiwan Dachang billion light.

Patent LED Nichia claims, the white LED has violated the right to Nichia, so the company previously in Tokyo district court, the company claims to guanglai einstweligeverfugung, has reached a settlement on both sides at the present stage of litigation.

Canton company in Japan is engaged in electrical machinery and equipment wholesale business, there are different manufacturers of imported LED bulbs, LED light source to the Japanese market. According to the statement of Nichia, Hirose company in Japan selling products, infringes Nichia has Japan No. 5177317th and No. 5610056th patent invention patent (all patent rights on the use of YAG phosphor for white light LED hereinafter collectively referred to as "YAG patents").

Guanglai company acknowledged that the company is not in violation of Nichia YAG patents under Japan to import and sell the Taiwan Yadian Limited by Share Ltd manufacturing LED lighting, some is the use of the white LED Taiwan electronics manufacturing Limited by Share Ltd, and that the white LED fall into the scope of patent rights YAG.

Therefore, the two sides agreed in the Nichia and Hirose company, pay settlement and stop selling the LED bulbs, the disposition has reached a legal settlement, Nichia announced that it is quick and friendly to end the dispute.

The LEDinside observation, this event using the input and the Japanese market in the terminal of light source products overseas LED chip, may have a negative impact in the short term, especially with no patent protection and the layout of LED supply chain manufacturers in asia. Agents and distributors in Japan may need more proof of patent products, the products will be more helpful.

Nichia to Taiwan factory LED patent litigation war, as well as from each other to improve, in the past two years to increase to distributors, or through legal means to allow distributors not purchase the infringing products, but also a focus of observation.

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