11 this month American Lighting science group company will file a complaint against the Shenzhen yoga photovoltaic Lighting co., LTD., as well as yoga wei technology (USA) co., LTD., to the California state courts, patent infringement prosecution (Lighting science group corporationv. Shenzhen Jiawei&Jiawei USA, 3:16 - CV - 03886). Lighting science group co., LTD. V. says yoga way a LED tube light in shenzhen (product number: DLS03-06 e30d1e - WH - F1) for all of its U.S. patent No. 8201968 (" 968 patent "), No. 8672518 (" 518 patent "), and No. 8967844 (" 844 "patent) three patent infringement, and apply for a temporary injunction to prohibit the infringing products to import to the United States, and continue to ban has imported products sales.
Upon retrieval involved three patents, are used in patent litigation "weapon" in recent years, such as the patent of "968" in 13 years, 14, 16 years respectively, Cooper Lighting company, with Cree company U.S.A.L d.light Electric company Globalux Lighting companies, such as company for patent litigation.
The plaintiff Lighting Science Group Corporation (Lighting Science Group co., LTD.) is a global company LED Lighting solutions for developers and integrators, super energy-saving LED solution designer and manufacturer. '07 custom global leader in the field of LED Lighting solutions LED Holdings to the Lighting Science Group contributed all of its assets used for the exchange of fully diluted equivalent of Lighting Science Group preferred stock and common stock 70% equity and 70% of the votes, the combined still use Lighting Science Group name.
The defendant shenzhen yoga wei photovoltaic lighting co., LTD., established in 1993 a-share listed on the shenzhen stock exchange in 2012, as China's capital market the first photovoltaic (pv) and LED lighting industry. Company is mainly engaged in photovoltaic lighting products research and development, production and sales, the main products include solar lawn lamp, solar garden light, widely used in the courtyard, public green space, road and square area of landscape lighting, lighting or decoration. In overseas has the MAXIUM, YARDS&BEYOND, EZSOLAR and other independent brands, is a WAL - MART, THEHOMEDEPOT, LOWE's, TARGET, TRUEVALUE, CTC, ACE, BIGLOTS retail giant suppliers from Europe and America, is TARGET2010 annual "outstanding partner", TRUEVALUE "of the world's most trusted strategic partner". Has a wholly owned subsidiary in Hong Kong, North America, Europe, with warehousing and logistics distribution center in the United States. Has developed into the largest domestic production scale and technology, independent innovation ability, the strongest and highest level has a perfect system of research, production and sales of solar energy and LED lighting applications.
This is not the first time that ogre wei companies by foreign companies, in November 2009, the day in the east Texas federal court in shenzhen, Hong Kong wei (Jiawei) and North America and other branch three white leds patent infringement (US5998925, 7026756, 7531960) and a patent on the LED chip (US6870191). In May 2010, and yoga wei settlement. In the domestic LED industry, most companies will patent lawsuits as a passive defense, even in some moment just as a way to enhance their visibility and influence of propaganda. Products are mainly export to avoid policy also. Most of the company after the alleged infringement because of the high cost of litigation to various reasons such as not enough energy to choose settlement with the plaintiff, pay a high amount of patent licensing fees.
Our country has become the world's largest producer and exporter of LED lighting products, LED domestic enterprises by foreign companies to prosecute patent infringement, litigation would increase the cost of enterprise, lost the original price advantage. How to avoid, reduce the risk of export of intellectual property infringement nip in the bud is China's export enterprises are in urgent need of the LED industry concerns.
