Japan Patent Office rendered all claims of Nichia's white LED Patent JP4530094 invalid
Shulin District, New Taipei City - May 19th, 2014 -Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. ("Everlight") (President: Mr. Robert Yeh) brought an invalidation trial on September 5th, 2011 against the Japanese Patent No. 4,530,094 ("JP'094") owned by Nichia Corporation ("Nichia"). Everlight recently received a prevailing decision from the Japan Patent Office.
The Japan Patent Office decided on May 1, 2014 invalidating all claims of JP'094, which is directed to phosphor concentration in the white light LEDs. Everlight indicates that JP'094 is Nichia's white light LED patent, therefore this decision will be significantly beneficial to Everlight's endeavor to enter the Japanese LED market.
Everlight has been continuously investing in the research and development of new product, material, and manufacturing process and enhancing its intellectual property right portfolio throughout the years in order to provide more competitive products. This effort is well received by its customers. Everlight reaffirms its respect towards intellectual property rights and will strike back and take strong positions in protecting the interests of its customers and shareholders.
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, Lighting Components, LED Lighting Modules, Digital Displays, Opto-couplers and Infrared Components for various applications. Today, EVERLIGHT is a global company with over 5,600 employees based in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany, Sweden, U.S., and Canada.
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Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. is a Taiwan-based company principally engaged in the research, development, manufacture and distribution of optoelectronic components. The Company's main products include light emitting diode (LED) lamps, LED backlighting products, digit/dot matrix displays, surface mounted device (SMD) type LED, infrared LEDs, LED modules, photo sensor modules, photo transistors, photo couplers, optoelectronic integrated circuits (ICs), optical sensor modules and others. It also provides liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and related components. The Company's products are mainly applied in electronic products, household products, cellular phones, lighting products, computer products and others.
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