Only expand capacity to eat boring loss? Patent or into a LED enterprise only weapon

The financial weekly news, LED packaging manufacturers billion light and the Japanese LED maker Nichia, nearly ten years in the world including Japan, Taiwan, Germany, the United States and other major patent battle. Nichia is five of the world's largest LED manufacturers, why spend huge amounts of money, with billion light in the patent war to fight in the end? There is no reason for him, mainly in the face of the Taiwan region, the mainland LED plant frequently expand production, Japan has been unable to fight on the production capacity, the only remaining weapons, only patents!

In the era of knowledge economy, patent has become the most important asset

Even the Empire Foxconn, has repeatedly will have its communication technology patents, sold to Google, although the transaction content has not been announced, but has suggested that, even if it is on behalf of the factory, the importance of patents is still not be underestimated.

Terry Gou believes that, in the era of knowledge economy, patent's assets, such as Intel, Microsoft and TOYOTA are actively layout patent, especially by the impact of the economic downturn, will make a structural change in the industry, research and development, application and commercialization of patent needs five to ten years, and now the layout of the action will determine the Foxconn the future.

Beginning this year, mainland manufacturers have begun to discover the importance of patents. Due to the mainland itself before the domestic market is large enough, the product in the mainland has not enough to sell, and no one cares about the patent problem, as long as the product can be used, the price is low, there will naturally be customers pay. Even if the product will soon be broken, manufacturers and even consumers are accustomed to - because cheap enough to buy a bad good.

However, with the mainland manufacturers capacity is more and more big, and the market gradually saturated, has begun to appear when the pile up in excess of requirement, manufacturers began to look outside the mainland market, suddenly found that, when there is a market, it is to see, not to eat. Because there is no patents, products are competitors injunctions, directly on the mainland manufacturers of the throat, even if the product is good and cheap, are not used.

In the face of Taiwan region, the mainland's LED plant frequently expand production, Japanese manufacturers can only play patent licensing challenge.

Cheap useless millet to eat patent loss

The most obvious case, undoubtedly millet and Ericsson in India patent war. July 2014, Ericsson requires millet to pay patent licensing fees failed, and finally directly to the law. In December 8th, India Delhi high court finds millet infringement, and issued a ban on the sale of millet, so only in the official website of the India bulletin, 1S and red rice red rice Note two products will be discontinued. It is estimated that before the announcement of the sale of millet, red rice Note is only 150 thousand of the amount of pre orders.

In January 2015, LED packaging factory Jufei photoelectric synthetic trade with Japan's TOYOTA (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. signed an agreement in Shenzhen, the two sides reached the supply chain strategic cooperation, Jufei and authorized TOYOTA synthetic white LED patent.

Jufei was originally a backlight and LED lighting as the main business, an unnamed Department of Taiwan industry executives pointed out that Jufei will suddenly go with TOYOTA signed patent agreement, it is likely that in order to the mainland for intelligent mobile phone manufacturers, to find how to solve the dilemma of export sales.

Industry sources said, to see millet eat turtle in India, the mainland smartphone manufacturers are quite shocked, did not expect the original did not care about the patent, lethality is so strong. But it goes without saying that the mainland or the global LED industry, a large and important market. Based on the interests of both parties, poly fly optoelectronics and TOYOTA signed a patent agreement, reached a consensus on cooperation.

China wants to solve patent barriers through acquisitions?

Another noteworthy event, is a joint venture of Jinsha River venture capital, the acquisition of PHILPS's LED sector Lumileds 80% stake. Jinsha River venture capital's LED investment is large, including latticepower (MBE), too light when the core (MBE), ashineon (package), Dalian three (LED lighting and heat), sun lighting (LED lighting), among which the most latticepower index.

The cause of TrendForce's green energy research institutions LEDinside research associate Chu Chao said in the Jinsha River venture capital smoothly after the acquisition of Lumileds, the two major impact on LED industry: one is, LED vendors have an opportunity to resolve patent issues, the market cross foot overseas; in addition, a Jinsha River investment may be the integration of its resources, the increase of Lumileds strategic partners.

Storage in ultra pointed out that one of the five major manufacturers of Lumileds LED patent itself is traditional, plus the PHILPS group has transferred more than and 600 patents to Lumileds trading case, so Lumileds has a number of patents on LED. Now if you get a controlling stake in the Chinese capital, you can get the right to speak in the global industrial competition, which may also be a good opportunity for mainland LED manufacturers to solve patent issues, cross the overseas market.

Although the patent transfer can not directly through the transaction, the two sides still depends on the original provisions for the licensing matters and decide, but has proved that, LED not only factory hub capacity, patent has become the focus of manufacturers locked. Once the mainland manufacturers to obtain a patent, not only in the Taiwan area LED plant will face the impact of the Japanese LED plant is also reluctant to see.

With Jufei and TOYOTA signed a patent agreement, general lighting GE America began to "phosphor patent tetravalent manganese" licensed to Japan Asia manufacturers. It can be found that the United States and Japan LED manufacturers to build the patent barriers have been loose