xmedia - SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR FILES PATENT INFRINGEMENT SUIT AGAINST NICHIA IN THE UNITED STATES

It is pertaining to its apparent accoutrement all of Nichia’s LED products

SEOUL, KOREA (November 14, 2007) – Seoul Semiconductor (KOSDAQ: 046890), the eighth better ablaze abounding diode (“LED”) architect in the apple appear that on November 6, it filed a accusation adjoin Nichia Corporation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The complaint was delivered to Nichia on Thursday, Nov 8, 2007. Seoul Semiconductor illustrated the accomplishments of the suit, alleging Nichia’s contravention of Seoul Semiconductor's apparent accoutrement all Nichia’s articles of white, blue, blooming and UV ablaze abounding diodes (LED).
Seoul Semiconductor owns United States Patent 5,075,742 which covers technology accompanying to the semiconductor band acclimated for white, blue, blooming and UV LEDs and laser diodes. This was already issued in Japan, Germany, France, United Kingdom and United States. LEDs are key apparatus for adaptable phones, automobiles, lighting fixtures, displays, etc. While laser diodes are key apparatus for HD DVDs, Blu-rays, etc.
In 2006 Nichia’s acquirement from LED and laser diode business accomplished about US$1.3 billion (nearly ¥150 billion). Seoul Semiconductor is gluttonous an injunction, and amercement able to atone for accomplished and approaching contravention of the sales above. Seoul Semiconductor will aswell abide to exercise the apparent appropriate adjoin the companies application Nichia’s articles in issue.
Seoul Semiconductor has retained Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP to arraign these claims adjoin Nichia. Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ Patent Litigation Group is a allotment of the world’s a lot of respected, with a accomplished action aggregation led by David C. Radulescu. Radulescu, who becoming a Ph.D. in the across of admixture semiconductor accessories including LEDs and lasers, has all-encompassing acquaintance litigating patents in that across and has won above victories for abundant clients. Especially, Radulescu was a arch advisor apery one of the world’s arch LED manufacturers if Nichia filed a accusation adjoin the aggregation in 2002. Radulescu accomplished a cantankerous authorization acceding amid the Nichia and the LED architect which succeeded in catastrophe all the apparent disputes amid them.
Seoul Semiconductor relies for its success on the backbone of its own bookish acreage and its advocate advances in technology. Seoul Semiconductor has accomplished customer’s best achievement through its connected beat technologies and will be the company, which provides a bigger amount to the world.

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Rita Kim
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Seoul Semiconductor
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About Seoul Semiconductor
Seoul Semiconductor is the better LED lighting solutions architect in Korea, and eighth-largest in the apple according to Strategies Unlimited. Seoul Semiconductor has been called to Forbes' and Business Week's lists as one of the a lot of able Asian companies. Its product, Acriche was afresh called as "Product of the Year 2006" by Elektronik, one of the a lot of celebrated electronics magazines in Europe. 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 source, Acriche, High-brightness Power, Side View, Top, Chip, Lamp and High Flux LEDs, and custom blazon 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 US$200 actor in sales in 2006. It has 1,251 patents and 100 licenses as of June 30, 2007. Seoul Semiconductor has 18 branches including 3 across accumulated offices. Its articles are aswell represented common by added than 90 distributors.