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Friday 29 January 2016
Nichia wins patent infringement lawsuit against Everlight Electronics in the US
Japan-based LED maker Nichia on January 28 announced that the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has judged that Taiwan-based LED packaging service provider Everlight...
Thursday 26 November 2015
Global LED shipment volume, value to grow in 2016, says Nichia executive
Global LED shipments in 2016 will increase 20-30% on year in volume and about 5% in value, Nichia's chief legal and IP officer Katsuyuki Akutagawa said at a press event in Taipei...
Tuesday 1 September 2015
Nichia sues Everlight subsidiary in Germany for patent infringement
Japan-based Nichia has filed a charge with the District Court of Dusseldorf, Germany, against WOFI Leuchten Wortmann & Filz GmbH, a Germany-based residential lighting subsidiary...
Monday 27 July 2015
Everlight dismisses Nichia patent claims
Taiwan-based LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has dismissed Nichia's claims that it has obtained two new white LED patents, coded EP 2 197 053 and EP 2 276 080,...
Monday 27 July 2015
Nichia obtains 2 white LED patents from EPO, enhances patent infringement charge against Everlight
Japan-based Nichia has obtained two new white LED patents mainly concerning YAG phosphoric material from the European Patent Office (EPO). The two patents strengthen a pending charge...
Monday 27 April 2015
Everlight wins against Nichia in US patent infringement suit
In April 2012, Everlight Electronics filed for declaratory judgment of invalidity and non-infringement of Nichia's US patents related to white LEDs, including US Patent Nos. 5998925...
Thursday 12 March 2015
Nichia to launch E-LEDS in October 2015
Japan-based Nichia has finished development of E-LEDS, flip-chip LED chips made using internally-developed special materials, and will launch it in October 2015, with the product...
Friday 17 October 2014
Taiwan, Japan LED makers to face price competition from China, says Nichia executive
China-based LED makers have been rapidly developing their operating scale and technological capability and are expected to pose price pressure for Taiwan- and Japan-based makers in...
Monday 19 May 2014
JPO renders Nichia's white LED patent invalid
Everlight Electronics has announced that amid an invalidation trial on September 5th, 2011 against the Japanese Patent No. 4,530,094 (JP'094) owned by Nichia, Everlight has received...
Thursday 7 November 2013
China court rules in favor of Nichia in patent lawsuit against Everlight
The No.1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing, China has upheld the validity of Japan-based Nichia's two YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet) patents in a lawsuit against the largest Taiwan-based...
Monday 16 September 2013
Nichia to be active in patent war against Taiwan LED maker Everlight
Japan-based Nichia will turn from reactive as in the past to proactive in filing patent infringement charges against Everlight Electronics, company chief legal officer Katsuyuki Akutagawa...
Thursday 12 September 2013
Everlight loses patent lawsuit against Nichia in Germany
Dusseldorf District Court, Germany has ruled that Taiwan-based LED packaging company Everlight Electronics and its Germany-based subsidiary Everlight Electronics Europe GmbH have...
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Nichia faces competition for LED packaging from Taiwan-, China-, South Korea-based makers
Japan-based Nichia has gained a leading market status in EMC (epoxy molding compound)-based LED chip packaging, but some Taiwan-, China- and South Korea-based LED packagers have been...
Tuesday 4 December 2012
Everlight Electronics wins patent appeal against Nichia
LED packaging company Everlight Electronics on December 4 announced that the Japan Patent Office (JPO) has made a judgment to uphold its claim on the invalidity of Japan-based LED...
Wednesday 31 October 2012
China market: Nichia hopes to obtain 30-40% market share in 2013
To build market share in China's LED lighting market, international firms have been expanding capacity. Philips' Lumileds has revealed plans to expand LED component capacity in its...