SEOUL, KOREA (Oct. 11, 2007) – Seoul Semiconductor (KOSDAQ: 046890), one of the eight better LED manufacturers in the world, appear today that on September 17, 2007 Nichia Corporation filed a accusation in the Seoul Central District Court adjoin Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ("Seoul Semiconductor"). The clothing alleges that Seoul Semiconductor's abject chips for white LED articles (part no. TWH104-HS), which Seoul Semiconductor produces and sells, borrow on Nichia's Korean apparent (no. 406201). Nichia seeks amercement for accomplished contravention as able-bodied as an admonition adjoin any added anarchic activity. Seoul Semiconductor accustomed the complaint from Nichia on Oct 1st, 2007 and afterward its investigation, responds it is bright that Seoul Semiconductor has not abandoned on the apparent (no 406201). Seoul Semiconductor has apparent technologies as below and has not abandoned on the apparent above.
Over the years, Seoul Semiconductor has fabricated cogent investments in analysis and development, and has filed and registered added than 1,200 patents technologies on its own. Seoul Semiconductor produces and sells articles based on its own apparent technologies, as able-bodied as from apparent technologies it licenses from celebrated universities, institutes and companies including the University of California at Santa Barbara and the Solid State Light Display Center in the US, and Nitride Semiconductor in Japan. In addition, Seoul Semiconductor has entered cross-licensing and cardinal cooperation agreements with arch LED-chip producers including Cree Inc. in the US, OSRAM GmbH in Germany and Toyoda Gosei in Japan.
Seoul Semiconductor aswell appear its able acknowledgment to a accusation filed by Nichia Corporate adjoin the aggregation in Seoul Central District Court today. The clothing alleges that Seoul Semiconductor's abject chips for Z-Power LED P9 Series white LED articles borrow on Nichia's Korean apparent (no. 491482). Nichia seeks amercement for accomplished contravention as able-bodied as an admonition adjoin any added anarchic activity.
Reiterating an beforehand advertisement on May 18, 2007, Seoul Semiconductor responds that alone a baby aggregate (US$2,000 account in 2007) of its Z-Power LED P9 was produced and awash in Korea application abject chips bogus by the Boise, Idaho-based SemiLEDs Corporation. This occurred afore Seoul Semiconductor’s started application abject chips from Cree in its P9 LEDs. SemiLEDs Corp. is proceeding with the P9 accusation in Japan area it is represented by Ohno & Partners. Seoul Semiconductor will abet with SemiLEDs Corp. on this lawsuit.
Seoul Semiconductor’s is an agog adherent and backer of the accent of bookish acreage laws to animate abstruse addition and advancement. Seoul Semiconductor has consistently approved that it takes its albatross to account and admit the bookish acreage rights of others actual seriously. There is no affirmation to abutment Nichia’s affirmation and attack to agitate business at Seoul Semiconductor. As allotment of its assignment to represent the absorption of its shareholders and customers, Seoul Semiconductor will avert itself adjoin counterfeit attacks from Nichia.
For added information, amuse contact:
Rita Kim
Seoul Semiconductor
Tel : +82-2-2106-7322
E-mail : bleach79@seoulsemicon.com
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 BusinessWeek'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 3 across accumulated offices and 13 branches. Its articles are aswell represented common by added than 90 distributors.
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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.
For added information, amuse contact:
Rita Kim
Assistant Marketing Manager
Seoul Semiconductor
Tel: +82-31-364-3788
E-Mail: bleach79@seoul-semicon.co.kr
Web: www.acriche.com
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.
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.
For added information, amuse contact:
Rita Kim
Assistant Marketing Manager
Seoul Semiconductor
Tel: +82-31-364-3788
E-Mail: bleach79@seoul-semicon.co.kr
Web: www.acriche.com
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.
xmedia - Seoul Semiconductor expresses aplomb that it is not anarchic Nichia's patent
SEOUL, KOREA -- September 17, 2008, Seoul Semiconductor (hereafter "Seoul") clearly appear it had the agency to authorize its non-infringement of any accurate affirmation in a accusation brought by Nichia Corporation (hereafter "Nichia") in the English High Court, in which Nichia asserts that Nichia asserts through their website and columnist absolution that Seoul's Acriche articles borrow its patented "annealing" technology. Regarding this lawsuit, Seoul believes it has acceptable above-mentioned art to accept Nichia's apparent revoked as it is invalid. According to Seoul's acknowledged team, Seoul's Acriche articles is accepting bogus beneath a licence for a accompanying technology from Rothschild Neumark and UCSB. Thus Seoul has a close acceptance it doesn't borrow Nichia's patent. Seoul finds it harder to see how Nichia's apparent in this accusation can be accurate over Professor Neumark's [earlier] apparent and above-mentioned technologies. Furthermore, Seoul has an assessment from a Japanese apparent specialist that assorted agnate technologies accept existed before. Seoul said it had brought up proposals to accompany affliction lawsuits adjoin Nichia's patents and accept them revoked. And Seoul added added lawsuits brought by it to invalidate Nichia's patents are on-going in the US, Japan and Korea. A Seoul official said, "We will accumulate our barter appropriate and abroad from accident by all of Nichia's lawsuits, including this bare one. Also, we accompany abolishment accomplishments to assure stockholder's rights and to ensure our aggregation can abide to accord to development of the world". In this lawsuit, it is bright that Seoul seems to be unpertured.
About Seoul Semiconductor
Seoul Semiconductor, the world’s arch LED manufacturer, has been called to Forbes and Business Week’s lists as one of the a lot of able Asian companies. Its product, Acriche, was called as "Product of the Year", in 2006 and 2008, 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.
For added advice amuse contact
Daniel Park
Marketing PR administrator (in Korea)
E-Mail: daniel.park@acriche.com
Tel: +82-31-364-3789
About Seoul Semiconductor
Seoul Semiconductor, the world’s arch LED manufacturer, has been called to Forbes and Business Week’s lists as one of the a lot of able Asian companies. Its product, Acriche, was called as "Product of the Year", in 2006 and 2008, 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.
For added advice amuse contact
Daniel Park
Marketing PR administrator (in Korea)
E-Mail: daniel.park@acriche.com
Tel: +82-31-364-3789
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