Nichia patent infringement litigation zoom trick, extended to suppliers and terminal

Nichia last week Laitai and media dinner released a number of LED told the patent infringement, including two in the U.S. District Court in Dezhou charged TV maker Vizio told and put forward to the billion light YAG in California told the patent infringement.

Nichia banned military service law minister Mr. Akutagawa Katsuyuki. (photo: LEDinside)

But different from the past, Nichia should put forward told the end product manufacturers Vizio, rather than LED chip supplier or supplier.

In the media with Nichia dinner during the Nichia Corporation Second Department of the technical history to discuss Mr. Nagasaka Nichia presented to the Vizio lawsuit in Dezhou, said the company intended to prevent the use of terminal products LED backlight without patent chip. He explained: "we hope that all LED manufacturers can use legitimate patent LED products. "

According to LEDinside report shows that in 2015 for the backlight application of the chip accounts for about 30% of the overall LED chip production, including the use of computer screens, smart phones, laptops and TV screens. These applications end demand for LED manufacturers to bring a considerable amount of shipments, but in fact it is difficult for manufacturers to identify the terminal products in the LED backlight is not their own manufacturing.

Mr Sakamoto Kasumi said: "the chips used for LED backlight will not have a manufacturer's brand, so it is difficult to identify the product, not to mention the manufacturers of these chips. Even the manufacturers themselves may not be able to distinguish between the LED backlight products on their own products. "

LED chip manufacturers can only open the LED chip, careful observation of the LED chip structure to measure possible supplier sources. In the current Vizio Nichia patent infringement litigation, Nichia LED chip design found that the shape and structure of Vizio TV backlight with them as like as two peas. Mr Sakamoto Kasumi said: "this is obviously a counterfeit act. "

Nichia said the LED chip with the billion light is Nichia charges high XI3030 wafer process similarity in the United States Dezhou infringement lawsuit against Vizio in. The same court on January 28, 2016, XI3030 billion light XI3535, 62-217D, 62-257D and 45-21S chip products in violation of the tort case, Nichia U.S. Patent No. 8530250 (patent 250). Mr Sakamoto Kasumi, however, has not responded positively to the chip suppliers they suspect. "We can only guess who the chip makers are," he said. "

Observation of Nichia Vizio procedure can be found, manufacturers to competitors have filed in difficulties, but become the end product manufacturers to accept the lawsuit against. Although in March 21st, Nichia 24 news release of the defendant did not specify the name, but the law and patent media in the United States have elucidated the company accused the two cases are Vizio.

In the face of Nichia such initiatives, Taiwan industry insiders predict will have some impact on the backlight suppliers in the Taiwan market, but in Japan the angle of enterprise, in the end product manufacturers actually have in part because it is difficult to prove because of the LED chip suppliers. And so do Nichia is to cut off the illegal use of LED wafer may. Such a situation could have serious consequences for LED chips that are not protected, or even increase the cost of the end product. On the whole, this can be regarded as a means of sustainable development of innovative enterprises under severe environment.

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