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Nichia has filed a lawsuit against Sharper Image to prevent it selling products containing white LEDs that infringe Nichia?s US patents. The Japanese LED manufacturer has also successfully persuaded two other companies to start using Nichia?s white LEDs in place of devices made by Nichia?s rivals in Taiwan.
Optronics admits infringement
Last month, Nichia reached agreements with two different companies without resorting to the legal action.
One of these agreements was with Optronics Inc, a US-based marketing and distribution company. Optronics had been selling products, manufactured by Chinese companies, that incorporated white LEDs made by companies in Taiwan.
Nichia claimed that the white LEDs infringed its US patents, and in April Optronics acknowledged the infringement. Optronics also agreed to purchase white LEDs from Nichia in future, to avoid further infringement.
In a similar case, an unnamed Japanese-affiliated company in Taiwan agreed to stop marketing LED products containing white LEDs made in Taiwan. Again, the company agreed to start using white LEDs supplied by Nichia.
Nichia says that it ?gives serious consideration to the protection of its intellectual property and will vigorously enforce its rights against those who infringe its intellectual property in any country?.
More details here:
http://compoundsemiconductor.net/articles/news/8/6/6/1
Optronics admits infringement
Last month, Nichia reached agreements with two different companies without resorting to the legal action.
One of these agreements was with Optronics Inc, a US-based marketing and distribution company. Optronics had been selling products, manufactured by Chinese companies, that incorporated white LEDs made by companies in Taiwan.
Nichia claimed that the white LEDs infringed its US patents, and in April Optronics acknowledged the infringement. Optronics also agreed to purchase white LEDs from Nichia in future, to avoid further infringement.
In a similar case, an unnamed Japanese-affiliated company in Taiwan agreed to stop marketing LED products containing white LEDs made in Taiwan. Again, the company agreed to start using white LEDs supplied by Nichia.
Nichia says that it ?gives serious consideration to the protection of its intellectual property and will vigorously enforce its rights against those who infringe its intellectual property in any country?.
More details here:
http://compoundsemiconductor.net/articles/news/8/6/6/1
