Seoul Semiconductor of South Korea, reported that the International Crimes 4 Team at the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency in Korea intends to detain three former Seoul Semiconductor employees for alleged LED technology theft. According to Seoul Semiconductor, a former managing director of Seoul Semiconductor, and two other former employees …
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Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (SETi) Files Infringement Lawsuit in U.S. Court Against Bolb, Inc. and Quantum Egg
Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (SETi) of Columbia, South Carolina USA, a developer of UV LED products and technology, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against both Bolb, Inc. and Quantum Egg, Inc. (Q-egg) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. In its infringement complaint, SETi alleges …
on September 11, 2018 in Single and Multi-chip Packaged LEDs, Latest News, LED Business News, UV Curing, UV LEDs for disinfection
Seoul Semiconductor and Seoul Viosys File Patent Infringement Lawsuit in Texas Against Fry’s Electronics
The South Korean company, Seoul Semiconductor, announced that together with its affiliate, Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd. (collectively “Seoul”) it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Fry’s Electronics, a retail company of consumer electronics. The patent litigation relates …
German Federal Patent Court Rejects Everlight Nullity Action Against Nichia; Ruling Appealable
German Federal Patent Court ruled on July 19, 2018 (docket number 2 Ni 55/16 (EP)), that the German part of Nichia’s YAG patent EP 936 682 (DE 697 02 929) is valid. As a result, the court effectively rejected the nullity action of Everlight Electronics Europe GmbH (Everlight Europe), the …
Seoul Semiconductor SunLike Series LEDs Selected for 2018 IES Progress Report
Seoul Semiconductor of Ansan, South Korea, announced that its SunLike Series natural spectrum LEDs, using TRI-R technology, were recognized in the 2018 Illumination Engineering Society (IES) Progress Report. The 2018 IES Progress Report was presented on August 10, 2018 at the IES Annual Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. Each year, IES …
ETI and Former Lumileds Employee found Liable for $66 Million in Lumileds Trade Secret Theft Case
On August 10, 2018, a jury of six women and six men delivered a verdict in favor of Lumileds LLC, based in San Jose. The jury ruled that a Chinese competitor stole trade secrets related to Lumileds core technology for producing high-power LEDs used in automotive headlights, flashes for smartphones, …
Cree Accuses Employee of Stealing Trade Secrets Worth Over $100 Million
A Cree employee was arrested on June 18th on charges of larceny for the alleged theft of trade secrets, according to a report from News Observer. Cree accused the employee, Coy Brevard Bell, a 47-year-old Cree staffer of stealing trade secrets that the company says are worth more than $100 million. …
Tridonic Files Patent Lawsuit Against Ingram Micro Distribution Adding an HTC Smartphone Supplier to B.O.S.E. Consortium Patent Dispute
Tridonic Jennersdorf GmbH, a subsidiary of Tridonic GmbH & Co KG, Dornbirn and part of the Zumtobel Group, has filed a lawsuit against Ingram Micro Distribution GmbH of Germany in Munich Disctrict Court. The lawsuit alleges that Ingram Micro Distribution sells smartphones from HTC of Taiwan which infringe patents owned …
Seoul Semiconductor Posts Strong TV Division and Automotive Lighting Sales Growth
Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. based in Ansan, South Korea, reported consolidated second-quarter revenues of 290 billion KRW (about USD $260 million) meeting its guided range of 280 ~ 300 billion KRW (about USD $250 to $270 million). During the second-quarter, TV division sales rose significantly compared to the same period …
UV LED Market to Boom as UV-C LEDs Increasingly Used for Water Sterilization and Purification, According to Yole
Yole Développement (Yole) forecasts that UVA-LED powered curing, the primary application in the UV LED market, will be worth $320M in 2020, approximately double from its 2017 level of $160 million. Furthermore, Yole’s analysts predict that the market for UV LEDs will then boom, towards $1B in 2023, driven by …
