Become a new trend LED patent litigation explosion cross licensing

The LED industry this year really have many about patent lawsuits. Such as the Tokyo district court on October 14, 2016, the drawing, that tachibana company and wait for the blue LED E&E input and selling behavior, have patents of the chemical composition for the day; In addition, Seoul semiconductor LED manufacturers lawsuit against kmart, claimed that the giant American retail sales products violated its LED related patent and so on.

LED behind the increasing patent litigation, is undoubtedly the LED industry interest in the game. And with the development of LED lighting into the golden period, global LED a large enterprise is to use patent this weapon mastery market dominance, patent wars will also showed a trend of normalized.

Cross licensing became the new trend

With the expansion of globalization, Chinese LED companies patent problems have become increasingly prominent. Core patent has LED aggregate mainly focused on the philips, osram, daily chemical, Toyota synthesis, sharp and other international giants, they always use of intellectual property rights as a weapon, through rigorous patent network layout to exclude competitors in the market, so as to obtain monopoly profits, this way of mutually beneficial patent cross the commonly used method for many industry giants.

In July 2015, Japan's Toyota has white LED patent license to China's two LED packaging manufacturers, poly photoelectric light and easy to the core, to achieve the strategic cooperation of supply chain. Toyota synthetic patent authorized means can enter the white LED patent network around the world, to open the international market growth space of the enterprise, also for their downstream customers to provide the white LED patent protection.

In September 2016, Lighting Science with Osram Sylvania and Hubbell Lighting patent license agreement. This new patent license will include Lighting Science '968 patent series, mainly used in Osram Sylvania and Hubbell Lighting low light change with - light products.

Japan's matsushita electric industrial co., Germany, panasonic lighting and oda fort group, a wholly owned subsidiary of sharp high Tridonic this year signed a LED patent license agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies are authorized the use of lighting electronics field, main is to control the field and the operation of the LED light source some patents. The specific content of the agreement are still confidential.

On Nov. 2, GE Lighting Solutions, LLC, said with Korea samsung electronics factory signed a global licensing agreement. According to the agreement, samsung won GE's specific key patent authorization, used as a production and sales of LED and LED module.

Osram opto semiconductors has said that the company has a big Japanese company and signed the LED patent license agreement, and osram signed professional LED technology is multinational big Japanese society, cause attention. Osram opto semiconductors, said the authorization of the technology, including the specific intellectual property LED epitaxial, LED chip and packaging technology, the technology come from multiple LED technology.

Photoelectric (crystal electric) announced recently, wafer and ultra light times (group) co., LTD. (era) signed a patent license agreement, super era of crystal electric filament LED related patent authorization.

And the east bay photoelectric osram white LED patent authorization; Guangzhou crystal photoelectric, easy maxime, poly photoelectric light, Switzerland abundant photoelectric, passenger flow velocity and xin electronics, ling tao photoelectric for mainland companies such as Toyota white LED patent authorization; Wafer signed a global with Cree LED chip patent cross-licensing agreement, etc.

Many domestic enterprises have realized the importance of patent, with the international giant patent cross-licensing form "umbrella". Have the patent protection, can promote enterprise innovation and further promote the LED lighting market growth, in order to better serve the enterprise customers in the field of rapid changes in illumination.

Although, LED enterprise with the international giant patent cross-licensing form under the "umbrella" peaceful. Methods seeking refuge in this way, however, is only temporary. LED enterprises in China need to strengthen technical innovation, get more patent protection, is to make enterprise go too fast and steady and safe.

Construction in enterprises as the main body of technical innovation system

From the point of view of the current competitive environment, the acceleration of the integration of the entire LED industry, industry itself exists because of the many low-end manufacturers, pay attention to price competition and regardless of the quality of the products the unwritten rules of behavior, will lead to a large number of companies disappear, in the process of the development of the industry, this is a very normal thing. And LED enterprises want to stand out in this environment, want to keep advantage in competition, improve their innovation ability, is must have the important quality.

Currently LED enterprises lack of innovation is reflected in three aspects: first, enterprise r&d is insufficient, technical innovation ability is weak, achievement conversion rate is not high. Second, the original innovation and integrated innovation ability is not strong, the origin of science and technology strength is weak, the field of high and new technology of strategic emerging industries to develop slowly, high-end products rely on imports. Third, the efficient allocation of innovation resources and integrated ability is weak. Therefore, under the market prospect, the enterprise to seize the opportunity, also need to focus on innovation, establish a brand. To speed up the implementation of the national science and technology project, further intensify efforts to support the semiconductor lighting enterprises improve the independent innovation ability, develop and master the key technology, improve the core competitiveness. At the same time, encourage mechanism innovation in technology innovation, strengthening the combination of production, use, quicken the transfer of scientific and technological achievements to the enterprise. Strengthen the interactive industry chain, including material, chip making, encapsulation testing, power supply module, drive circuit, light source, lamps and lanterns and special equipment, instruments, and other links.

In the progress of science and technology in the development, there will be new technology barriers. Companies put their own patented technology to do strongly does is the key. Enterprises in addition to play their own advantages, do a good job in customer service, familiar with the development of the domestic LED lighting market advantage, also should through the market leading technology research and development, constantly open up a new application field of LED lighting technology, can quickly occupied the application field, become the industry leader.