Epistar of Hsinchu, Taiwan, reported that it settled its patent dispute with Adamax, which does business as Newhouse Lighting. In related news, Epistar also announced that Super Trend Lighting (Group) Ltd. has agreed to license Epistar’s LED filament patents. The settlement ends the litigation that was pending in United States …
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LED Light Bulbs Could Save Lives Through Being Less Attractive to Insects Carrying Vector-Borne-Diseases
Lighting in the developing world can have some unintentional health consequences. It has been found that lighting at certain wavelengths is especially attractive to bugs, some of which can cause diseases, according to researchers at the University of Southern California (USC). The light the they emit, especially the blue wavelengths …
Unity Opto to Expand LED Lighting Production Capacity
Unity Opto Technology, an LED packager of Taiwan, invested NT$1.23 billion (US$40.8 million) to set up production capacity for LED light bulbs, tubes, and lamps, according to Digitimes. The company says it plans to gradually expand monthly capacity from one million units currently to over three million. The company further …
Intematix Introduces Remote Phosphor Product for 150W LED Retrofit Lamps
Intematix Corporation, a Fremont, California-based innovator of patented phosphor solutions for LED lighting, announced the volume shipments of their remote phosphor component that enables 150W equivalent LED retrofit lamps. The new remote phosphor product for 150W LED retrofit lamps adds to the product family that already enables 40W, 60W, 75W …
on November 20, 2013 in LED Chips, Phosphors, Optics, Drivers, Bulbs/Replacement Lamps: R/PAR/MR/spot/flood
Nichia Files Further Infringement Lawsuit Against Seller of LED Desk Lamps
On May 29, 2013, Nichia Corporation filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Tokyo District Court against Tsannkuen Japan (Sankun Nihon Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, hereinafter), a subsidiary of a Taiwanese company, from infringing Nichia’s patent (No. 3803696). Nichia filed the lawsuit in hope of enjoining the company from infringing acts and …
Startup Makes LED Light Technology for Indoor Navigation
Startup company ByteLight has a proprietary system in which LED lighting transmits indoor location information to mobile devices. The LEDs apparently act as kind-of GPS satellites. The digital camera within mobile devices can use this proprietary software to receive and translate the light’s proprietary signal. Each ByteLight-enabled LED light broadcasts …
Cree Introduces 186 Lumens/Watt, Single-Die LED Which is Ideal for Narrow Beam-Angled Luminaires
Cree has introduced the single-die XLamp XM-L2 LED which boasts 186 lumens per watt operation at at 350 mA and 25°C. While not quite breaking the 200 lumen per watt barrier yet, the performance of the single emitter XM-L2 is in line with the efficacy of the lab result just …
on December 10, 2012 in Single and Multi-chip Packaged LEDs, Bulbs/Replacement Lamps: R/PAR/MR/spot/flood, Luminaires: Spots/Floods
China Plans LED Industry Subsidy Program for Firms and Consumers
China’s government has announced its 12th Five-Year Plan that includes targeting the LED lighting industry before 2015, according to an article in Digitimes. According to the article, China’s government has set up two subsidy programs. One subsidize LED firms and products through projects. After the firms successfully obtain the bids, …
LCD TV Maker Vizio to Get Into LED Lighting
Vizio, an LCD TV maker linked with Costco and Sams Club, has announced its plans to produce affordable LED bulbs. The company, which pulled off the remarkable feet of becoming one of the best selling LCD TV makers in just five years, hopes to use its distribution channel at Sams …
CAO Group Takes on Major LED Lighting Companies in Infringement Lawsuit
The CAO Group has filed a patent infringement complaint against many of the major players in the LED lighting industry in the United States District Court for the District of Utah. The lawsuit asserts that LED light sources sold by these companies infringe CAO Group’s patents. The list of alleged …
