xmedia - SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR AND NICHIA SETTLE LITIGATION AND ENTER INTO A CROSS-LICENSE

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. and Nichia Corporation appear that they accept acclimatized all litigations on apparent and added issues as able-bodied as added acknowledged disputes ("Litigations") currently awaiting amid them in the United States, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, and Korea. The adjustment includes a cantankerous authorization acceding accoutrement LED and laser diode technologies, which will admittance the companies to acceptance all of anniversary other's patented technologies. In accordance with the adjustment terms, all litigations will be concluded as promptly as accessible by alternate withdrawals, with the barring of action in Germany involving apparent DE 691-07-630 T2 of EP 0-437-385 B1, which will be bound afterward in February 2009 hearing.

About Seoul Semiconductor (www.acriche.co.kr)
Seoul Semiconductor, a apple arch LED manufacturer, was ranked 6th in the apple in the all-around high-brightness LED bazaar based on sales aggregate in 2007. Seoul Semiconductor has been called in Forbes and Business Week's lists as one of the a lot of able Asian companies. Its capital offering, the Acriche™ LED, was aswell called "Product of the Year" by Elektronik in 2006, one of the a lot of celebrated electronics publications in Europe. In 2008, this accolade was accustomed afresh to Seoul Semiconductor's Flash LED product. Acriche, developed in 2006, is operated anon through AC accepted after any converters bare for DC LED operation, extending the LED's activity amount and authoritative accession costs easier and beneath expensive. With these important benefits, Acriche LED technology is accepted to avant-garde the approaching of the lighting industry. With its cutting-edge technology, Acriche has been awarded in Newtech Korea 2008 and called as Korea Ten Best New Technologies of 2008. Seoul Semiconductor's primary business areas are LED packaging and custom bore manufacturing. It provides a abounding ambit of LED articles including AC-driven semiconductor ablaze sources, Acriche casting products, High-Brightness-Power products, Side-View LEDs, Top LEDs, Chip LEDs, Lamp products, High-Flux LEDs, and custom-type modules. Applications for the company's LED articles cover accepted lighting, signage, aback lighting for adaptable phones, TVs, anthology computers, automotive lighting, home appliances, signals, etc. Seoul Semiconductor appear KRW 250.2b in sales in 2007. It has 1,960 patents and 391 licenses as of December 2008. Seoul Semiconductor has 25 branches including 3 across accumulated offices. Its articles are aswell represented by added than 113 common distributors.

Hyesun Paek
Marketing Assistant Manager (in Korea)
E-mail : s1u0n0@acriche.com
Tel : +82-31-364-3787
Daniel Park
Marketing PR Manager (in Korea)
E-mail : daniel.park@acriche.com
Tel : +82-31-364-3789

SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Marketing Department/Sales Group
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425-851 Ansan-city, Kyunggi-do; South Korea
Tel.: +82-31-364-3788
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