Nichia Withdraws Patent Lawsuit Against AOT
Source/Type: Compound Semiconductors Online - Reported News

Author: LIGHTimes Staff

June 5, 2008... Taiwan-based LED maker Advanced Optoelectronic Technology (AOT) disclosed that Nichia of Japan has dropped a patent lawsuit against it, according to a news article in Digitimes. In the article, AOT said it had several rounds of talks in which Nichia realized that AOT had no "malicious intentions" in infringing its patent and agreed to withdraw the lawsuit.

Nichia filed a provisional injunction with a Taiwan district court in November 2008 against AOT for allegedly infringing its surface mounted (SMD) LED design patent. Nichia indicated that the LED related to this design patent was mainly used in the backlights for handset-use LCD displays. Specifically Nichia alleged that AOT’s LED products, AOT-4008S-W312-Z and AOT-SHWU-Z-H, infringed the Nichia’s design patent. There was no word in the article on any agreement or licensing that may have ended the dispute.

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