Seoul Semiconductor based in Ansan, South Korea, reported that it and Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd. have resolved two patent infringement lawsuits it filed against Archipelago Lighting, Inc. in the U.S. Federal District Court for the Central District of California. Archipelago sells LED bulbs. In 2017, Seoul filed the company’s first …
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Selling Patent Infringing Bulbs Alleged in Epistar Lawsuit Against Lowe’s
On April 28, 2017, Epistar Corporation of Hsinchu, Taiwan, filed a patent infringement complaint against Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC and Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (collectively “Lowe’s”) in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The complaint alleges that Utilitech’s LED bulbs and Kichler Lighting’s LED filament bulbs …
CAO Lighting Files Patent Lawsuit Against Light Efficient Design
CAO Lighting, Inc. filed a patent infringement suit against Light Efficient Design, LLC and its distributor EWS in Federal Court in Boise, Idaho. The lawsuit alleged infringement of CAO Lighting’s U.S. Patent No. 6,465,961. The patent describes a method of building an LED light source with an omni-directional beam emission. …
Larson Electronics’ Magnalight Adds LED Boat Lights
Larson Electronics’ Magnalight.com has added several LED lights for the interior and exterior of boats. The newest additions to the LED light line-up include long, low profile LED lights for illuminating areas around the boat, interior LED lights for task and walkway lighting, and LED underwater lights. For exterior boat …
Target Stores to Conserve Energy with GE’s LED-lit Refrigerator Cases
Target Corporation is installing an LED solution from GE Lighting Solutions, a unit of GE Lighting, in refrigerated display cases in 500 stores nationwide. GE says that putting more energy-efficient lighting in reach-in freezer and cooler door cases will cut energy use by approximately 60 percent compared with older fluorescent …
Magnalight.com Upgrades Class Hazardous Location LED Light
Larson Electronics’ magnalight.com announced the addition of a more powerful hazardous location LED light with UL 844 Class 1 Division 2 ratings for Groups A, B, C and D. With 50,000 hours bulb life and solid state design, operators in industrial and military sectors can see benefits in longevity, durability …
DOE Releases GATEWAY Report on LED Freezer Case Lighting
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published the final report from a demonstration retrofit of LED freezer case lighting in an Albertsons Grocery store in Eugene, Oregon. The Gateway demonstration report provides an overview of project results including: lighting performance, economic performance, and potential energy savings. For the project, …
PowerSecure’s Refrigerated Case Lighting Revenues to Reach $20 Million for 2009
PowerSecure, a maker of LED-based refrigerator case lighting with headquarters in Wake Forest, North Carolina USA, reports that major retailers have installed over 100,000 EfficientLights fixtures to since January. The company expects revenues from the EfficientLights refrigerator case lighting to reach $20 million in 2009. PowerSecure says that this is …
Ledtech to Ramp Production and Start U.S. Shipments of Low Temperature LED Lighting
Ledtech of Taiwan expects to increase its share of the low temperature and refrigerator case lighting market in Taiwan to increase from 60 percent to 90 percent in 2010, company chairman Frank Liu said in a Digitimes article. A digitimes article cited Liu who indicated that the company plans to …
Nualight Announces Strategic Partnership With Kysor//Warren for Refrigerator Case LED Lighting
Nualight, a company headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan USA, that specializes in LED lighting for food retail, has signed a strategic supply and partnership agreement with Kysor//Warren, a division of Manitowoc Foodservice. Under the terms of the the three year agreement, Kysor//Warren will offer its customers temperature-controlled food displays that …