xmedia - Seoul Semiconductor Signs License Agreement with Professor Rothschild

Agreement Assures Unrestricted Sales of Company’s LED Products in the U.S.

SEOUL, KOREA – April 8, 2008 – Seoul Semiconductor, one of the world’s arch LED manufacturers, active a authorization acceding with Professor Gertrude Neumark Rothschild of the United States in aboriginal April 2008. Professor Rothschild, aforetime with Columbia University, filed a complaint in the United States International Trade Commission (US ITC) adjoin 34 companies on February 19, 2008.

“With the authorization agreement, Seoul Semiconductor is able to accommodate unrestrictive sales of LED articles in the U.S. market, accouterment added affirmation to our vendors and customers,” according to a agent for Seoul Semiconductor.

The agent added added that “Seoul Semiconductor is a able backer of attention its bookish acreage rights and respects the bookish acreage appropriate of added companies. This is apparent by our contempo successes in attention our IP rights in amount of lawsuits in Korea and by us signing a apparent authorization acceding with Itswell Co., Ltd. just endure month.”

Seoul Semiconductor has connected to advance in analysis and developments to strengthen its apparent portfolio for the accomplished 15 years, and currently, Seoul Semiconductor possesses about 2,000 LED-related patents worldwide. In addition, Seoul Semiconductor has active abundant authorization agreements and cardinal affiliation with universities, laboratories and companies in the LED industry.

For added information, amuse contact:
Daniel Park
Seoul Semiconductor
Tel: +82-31-364-3789
E-mail: daniel.park@acriche.com

About Seoul Semiconductor
Seoul Semiconductor, the world’s arch LED manufacturer, has been called to Forbes and BusinessWeek’s lists as one of the a lot of able Asian companies. Its product, Acriche, was 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$290 actor in sales in 2007. It has 1,443 patents and 264 licenses as of December 2007. Seoul Semiconductor has 25 branches including 3 across accumulated offices. Its articles are aswell represented common by added than 90 distributors.