Samsung get GE lighting LED phosphor patent licensing

In the United States time on November 2nd, the United States famous lighting GE Lighting Solutions, said the company and Samsung Electronics LLC (Samsung Electronics) signed a global patent licensing agreement.

Under the agreement, Samsung has obtained a specific key patents authorized GE, used as a tool for the production and sale of LED and LED modules. These LED patent licenses include the use of Potassium fluoride silicon (PFS, potassium fluoride) phosphor technology used in LCD panel backlight products LED.

GE pointed out that the company is already a digital industrial company, will be through software defined devices, machines and solutions, the industry through a new link, change the future of the industry. GE is currently in the global exchange of more intellectual property rights, the future of each innovation, the development of more industrial areas.

The factory of Korea SamSung is currently in the LED market is still very active, after adjusting the constitution, to continue efforts in LED components business, GE patents, Samsung points in LED backlight components business, have the opportunity to avoid unnecessary litigation. Cooperation with GE results, the future also has the opportunity to reflect on the lighting industry.

In the face of more and more international heavyweights in the global scope to patent war, enterprise development very careful. For example, LED international patent holders Nichia recently in patent infringement protection against more and more efforts, more and more frequently, it is want to suppress competitors by way of patent.

In the face of increasingly fierce patent wars, how to build an effective patent protection network is the most important thing in the development of enterprises. LED field, the number of patents, the number of large, so that many companies can not take the first place, coupled with the enterprise itself can not be exhaustive at the technical level. So how can LED companies build patent protection quickly and effectively?

Patent licensing has become one of the convenient and effective ways. International companies such as OSRAM, CREE, etc. each other by Nichia, patent cross license, make the enterprise be in a favorable position in the patent. Through patent authorization, enterprises can develop more competitive products, thereby expanding market share.

In addition, mergers and acquisitions have become the most effective way to obtain a patent "barbaric". Such as China's LED companies in many aspects of the obvious loss of patents, thus trying to obtain patents has become one of the driving forces of mergers and acquisitions. Through mergers and acquisitions, not only to be able to obtain the acquirer's patents, but also access to its market, channels and other resources.