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Wednesday 6 June 2012
Nichia appeals patent ruling favoring Everlight
Nichia has announced that the company has made an appeal with the Supreme Court of Japan against a Japan Patent Office's ruling in favor of Everlight Electronics over a patent disp...
Friday 25 May 2012
Everlight wins YAG white light LED patent against Nichia
Everlight Electronics recently filed an invalidation action with the Japan Patent Office against Nichia Corporation's YAG white light LED patent JP3503139 and has received the decision...
Thursday 10 May 2012
Nichia files lawsuit against Everlight
Nichia has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Germany at the District Court Dusseldorf against the Taiwanese LED manufacturer Everlight Electronics and its German subsidiary Everlight...
Tuesday 27 March 2012
Intel semiconductor market share surges to more than 10 year high in 2011, IHS says
Buoyed by chip sales growth and a major acquisition, leading semiconductor supplier Intel in 2011 attained its highest annual market share in more than 10 years, according to IHS...
Thursday 22 March 2012
Nichia seeking better ties with Taiwan LED firms
The leading global LED maker Nichia has remained low-key for many years, but with increasing opportunities in LED lighting, Nichia's layout strategies for attracting customers are...
Tuesday 14 February 2012
South Korea-based LED makers beat out Taiwan makers in LED packaging market share
Samsung LED, LG Innotek, Seoul Semiconductors, and other South Korea-based makers together occupied 26% of the global production value for LED packaging in 2011, higher than the 19%...
Wednesday 7 December 2011
Digitimes Research: Despite low demand, Nichia invests US$898 million in LED equipment in 2011
In 2010, Japan-based LED firm Nichia had the largest share of the global sales of white light LED products. Its market share far exceeded second- and third-place, Samsung and Seoul...
Friday 2 December 2011
LED maker Everlight to sue Nichia
Taiwan-based Everlight Electronics has decided to file a complaint with the Tokyo District Court against Japan-based LED maker Nichia, accusing the company of lodging untruthful allegations...
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Nichia files further infringement lawsuits
Nichia has filed two patent infringement lawsuits in Tokyo District Court to enjoin Tsannkuen Japan (Sankun Nihon Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, or Tsann Kuen), a subsidiary of a Taiwanese...
Monday 24 October 2011
Commentary: LED lighting moving towards patent-dominated market
The big LED lighting pie has been attracting many firms to enter the market, heating up competition between traditional and new firms. Fierce competition can lead to patent wars as...
Friday 21 October 2011
Everlight wins patent infringement lawsuit filed by Nichia in Taiwan
Taiwan's Supreme Administrative Court, regarding Japan-based Nichia's accusations that Taiwan-based LED packaging company Everlight Electronics infringed upon its Patent Nos.089 and...
Wednesday 7 September 2011
Nichia to enter the TV BLU market
Demand for TV backlight modules (BLUs) has been decreasing. Competition is likely to become more fierce as Japan-based LED firm Nichia enters the market.
Friday 2 September 2011
Nichia files patent infringement lawsuit against Everlight
Japan-based LED firm Nichia Corporation has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Tokyo District Court to enjoin Chip One Stop from infringing Nichia's patent (No. 4530094, or "patent...
Friday 27 May 2011
Nichia to set up LED factory in China
Japan-based Nichia, the world's largest producer of LED chips, will invest US$16 million to establish LED chip production and packaging lines with an annual capacity of 2.7 billion...
Wednesday 15 December 2010
Bluestone files patent infringement lawsuit against Taiwan and Japan LED players
Patent licensing company Bluestone Innovations has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Taiwan-based LED chip maker Huga Optotech, according to Huga. Industry sources indicated...