Lite-On Technology of Taipei, Taiwan is discontinuing its handset assembly business after the handset division of one of its major customers, Siemens was acquired by BenQ, according to a Digitimes article. The company’s CFO, Andrew Lin stated that only 3% of the company’s revenue over the past five months came …
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Cotco Uses License For Cree White LED Technology
Cotco, a prominent LED manufacturer based in Taiwan, has licensed Cree’s white LED patent (6,600,17). According to Cotco this enables Cotco’s LED buyers to acquire white LEDs that incorporate Cree dice without violating Cree’s patent ‘175. The license allows Cotco to use Cree’s phosphor conversion technology and their InGaN LEDs. …
Two USA Companies Settle with Nichia
Two US companies have settled with Nichia for infringing on US patents covering its white LED technology. As part of its patent enforcement strategy, Nichia has demanded that companies in the USA that have sold products infringing on US patents, stop selling those products. Nichia has recently settled with JM …
Luxpia Settles With Nichia
Another company has seen the merits of settling with Nichia. Nichia of Tokyo, Japan has settled its patent infringement claim against Korean LED maker, Luxpia Inc. The suit, originally filed in June of 2004 alleged that Luxpia products infringed on Korean patent 992103. The suit demanded that Luxpia cease sales …
Cree Signs XLamp Distributor for Italy and Cuts Silicon Microwave Losses with Closure of Sunnyvale Operation
Cree Inc. has signed an agreement with Tecnika Due srl to distribute Cree’s XLamp power LEDs in Italy. Tecnika Due of Vittorio Veneto, Italy, an electronic component and subsystem distributor established in 1982, has been distributing Cree’s power components since 2002. Chris James, Cree’s vice president of marketing stated, “Tecnika …
Fujikura Develops White LED
A Japanese company other than Nichia has developed a white LED of their own with a new phosphor material. Fujikura Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan, a telecommunication and technology company, has collaborated with the National Institute for Materials Science to develop a new brighter, white LED that uses a special phosphor …
Lighting Science Group Appoints CFO
In the first news we have heard from Lighting Science Group Corporation of Dallas, Texas in several months, the company announced the appointment of Mike Lavey as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), replacing Michael Poss. The company has promoted Michael Poss to executive vice president of the legal department.
Permlight Products Increases Brightness of Its Twiste’R Product; Targets Neon Applications
Permlight Products, headquartered in Tustin, California USA, has begun shipping large volumes of it new higher brightness White Twiste’R 752-WHT-B series channel letter illumination product. According to the company, the patented product boasts double the brightness and better lumen maintenance. Also, the company says that the new higher brightness product …
Cree’s Japanese Distributor, Sumitomo Corporation Orders $200 Million of Cree’s LED Products
Cree, Inc. of Durham, North Carolina USA, announced that its Japanese distributor, Sumitomo Corporation’s Electronic Materials & Equipment Division, (which is part of Sumitomo Corporation’s Media, Electronics and Network Business Unit) has agreed to purchase $200 million of Cree’s LED products during Cree’s fiscal year ending June 2006. This record …
StockerYale and its CEO Settle SEC Investigation
StockerYale of Salem, New Hampshire USA, has reached a settlement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC). The settlement resolves the investigation into certain press releases and sales of stock by the StockerYale’s CEO in April of 2004. StockerYale, a designer and manufacturer of LEDs and photonics components, …
