OPTOELECTRONIC/COMPANY NEWS
EVERLIGHT sues Nichia in US
光电子新闻/企业新闻
亿光在美国控告日亚化学
Everlight Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Nichia in US Court Seeking
To Enjoin Manufacture and Importation of Infringing Products and Monetary
Damages;
Asks US Court to Declare Two Nichia Patents Invalid
Detroit, MI, United States – April 20, 2012 – Everlight Electronics Co.,
Ltd. today filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Nichia Corp. in the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The
lawsuit seeks to enjoin Nichia from manufacturing, using, importing,
offering for sale, or selling its infringing products in the United States
It also seeks monetary damages.
Everlight is also asking the U.S. Court to declare two Nichia patents
invalid, unenforceable and improperly issued by the U.S. Patent Office.
The legal action is part of Everlight’s continued global effort to enforce
its intellectual property rights and to protect its products and its
customers from litigation attacks by Nichia. Everlight and Nichia are both
major competitors in the Light Emitting Diode (LED) manufacturing industry.
In its complaint, Everlight is seeking enforcement of a patent covering LED
metallization technology, U.S. Patent No. 6,653,215. Everlight is the
exclusive U.S. licensee of the ’215 Patent, which is owned by Emcore
Corporation. Everlight and Emcore are jointly bringing this action.
Uses for Nichia’s LEDs being sold in the U.S. that are alleged to infringe
on the ’215 patent include residential lighting products, street lights and
spotlights. The market for these products is growing rapidly in the U.S. as
consumers, electric utilities, and utility regulators all seek to reduce
overall electricity consumption and cost. Highly energy-efficient LED lights
consume substantially less electricity than equivalent incandescent light
bulbs. LED lights also last more than 100 times longer than equivalent
incandescent bulbs and more than 10 times longer than equivalent compact
fluorescent bulbs.
Everlight is also asking the U.S. Court to declare that Nichia’s U.S. Patent
Nos. 5,998,925 and 7,531,960 are invalid, unenforceable and improperly
issued by the U.S. Patent Office and that Everlight’s LED products do not
infringe on those patents. Those patents cover the use of certain types of
phosphors in making white-light LEDs.
About EVERLIGHT Electronics Co., Ltd.
EVERLIGHT Electronics Co., Ltd. was founded in 1983 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Playing a critical role in the formation of the global LED industry, the
company is rapidly ascending to become a leading supplier due to its
dedication to certification, R&D, production, quality, marketing and global
customer service. EVERLIGHT provides a diverse product portfolio consisting
of High Power LEDs, Lamps, SMD LEDs, LED Lighting Modules, Digital Displays,
Optocouplers and Infrared Components for various applications. Today,
EVERLIGHT is a global company with over 6,400 employees based in China, Hong
Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Germany, Sweden, U.S., and
Canada.
台湾亿光责任有限公司在美国法院控告日亚化学专利侵权，要求禁止侵权产品的生产与进口并索求金钱赔偿。
2012年4月20日，亿光电子有限责任公司在美国密歇根州东区地方法院向日亚化学公司提出诉讼。亿光请求法院禁止日亚化学产品的生产，使用，进口与销售，并禁止日亚化学在美国销售的被禁止产品，并提出金损害赔偿。
同时，亿光要求美国州地方法庭宣布由美国专利局颁布的的两项无效且不可实行日亚光化专利无效。
这项诉讼是亿光为积极维护全球知识产权保护其产品与顾客避免日亚光化指控的一环。亿光与日亚光化均为 LED 制造产业的龙头企业。
在诉讼中亿光主张的专利为美国6,653,215号专利，其中涉及LED金属化制程技术，亿光是独有的美国215专利持有人，这项专利有美国安科公司占有，亿光与安科共同使用。
在美国销售的利用日亚化学的LED产品已被宣称侵犯215专利，包括与住宅照明产品，路灯与聚光灯。这些产品的销售市场发展迅速，消费者，电业，整体调节阀力图降低整体电耗与成本。高效节能的 LED 灯消耗与等价的白炽灯泡相比充分的降低了电耗。而且，LED 灯与等价白炽灯泡相比持续超过一百次的时间，与紧凑的荧光灯泡相比超过10次的时间。
亿光也针对日亚化应用于白光LED相关的美国5,998,925号专利及7,531,960号专利，诉请美国法院宣告该两项专利无效及不可执行。而且亿光的LED灯没有侵犯其专利权。在生产白色LED灯时，这些专利中包括使用一定类型的荧光粉。
关于亿光电子有限责任公司：
亿光电子有限责任公司于1983年在台湾的台北成立。在全球LED 行业起着举足轻重的作用，基于其对证书，探究与开发，产品，质量，营销，与全球客户服务的贡献，亿光迅速成为LED产品主要供应商。亿光为不同需求提供多种产品组合，包括：大功率LED产品，，灯具，表面贴装器件的LED产品，LED照明模块，数据显示器，光耦合器与红外线部件。现今，亿光是一家全球性公司，在中国，香港，日本，韩国，新加坡，马来西亚，印度，德国，瑞士，美国和加拿大拥有6400员工。
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