Nichia in Germany accused Seoul of a semiconductor LED lamp infringement

In July 8, 2008, the Japanese LED maker Nichia (Nichia Corp.) announced that the company has been in the 7 to Germany related institutions formally dizhuang accused South Korea Seoul semiconductor (Seoul Semiconductor), Seoul semiconductor German subsidiary "Seoul Semiconductor Europa" and sold Seoul semiconductor products in Germany Conrad ELectronic SE 3 companies selling the patent infringement the company's LED products. The charges Nichia pointed out that Seoul's semiconductor infringement object, Seoul semiconductor manufacturing Acriche series of 1 white LED lights. Nichia determines that the white LED lights against the company "patent number EP (DE) 622858 patents", so the lawsuit, asked Seoul to stop selling the LED semiconductor products and related damages. Nichia respectively in January 2006 and May 2007 in the United States and Japan, in September 2007 and October in South Korea and the UK in May 2008 against Seoul semiconductor infringement litigation, also is like a raging fire.

Source: Lean news