subject: Xinhai Should Be Intended To Cut Into The Led Industry. [print this page] Xinhai should be intended to cut into the LED industry.
Xinhai should today announced that the proposed combination of cash contributions and in-kind contribution to the Suzhou Nanocrystalline photoelectric Co., Ltd. investment of 270 million yuan, the investment, the company holds a 90% interest in its registered capital.
Capital increase after the completion of nanocrystalline photovoltaic intended investment and construction of LED epitaxial wafers, chip and package industrial projects with a total investment amount of about 690 million yuan will be invested 20 imported organic metal source chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) epitaxial furnace, carried out the blue, R & D and manufacturing of green led epitaxial films, chip and package. The project technology from Suzhou nanocrystalline photovoltaic independent research and development results, nanocrystalline photovoltaic has eight LED in the field of independent intellectual property patents, In addition, the Chinese Academy of Sciences nano-authorized use of patents 5.
LED patent dispute Thinking: patents cooperation trend towards
Touted as the world's emerging technology-intensive industries, led industry patent dispute in the industry has never stopped. As we all know, the global LED key patented technology has been Europe, America, Japan and other countries, Philips Lumileds, Osram, Nichia technology, Toyoda Gosei and Cree and other manufacturers to cross-license firm's monopoly. Enterprise into the five large patent site, regardless of size will lead to the most sensitive of the patent dispute. International patent litigation is an enterprise resource mobilization against the few companies in the international confrontation with the five manufacturers, almost to the end of the settlement of compensation.
However, recently, South Korea's Samsung Electronics (Samsung Electronics) is a major push into the LED lighting market, grab the market for Samsung, the global lighting leader plant Osram (Osram), one of the first to open the first shot, start the worldwide patent litigation battle, accused of Samsung and LG (LG) alleged violations of the Blu-ray converted into a white LED packaging patent infringement; Samsung to be outdone, then anti-control Osram infringement, the global LED patent litigation battle again and smoke everywhere, a lighting of old and new forces on the decisive battle is about to enter intense.
Patents cooperation become the trend
For manufacturers in terms of patent litigation is a means and strategy of a business competition. For example, in 2006, Nichia complaint Seoul Semiconductor violations of the white LED patent, Nichia fire, although fierce, Seoul Semiconductor also immediately counterattack mentioned report, the two sides patents each other divisions litigation throughout America Eurasian region and then in 2009 went so far to obtain a comprehensive settlement, carried out cross-licensing agreement.
Furthermore, the power of crystal was Lumileds alleged violations of the four LED patent litigation ridden up to four years, the final consideration of its patent is about to expire, Lumileds decided to hand in the Introduction, the crystal power to take this opportunity, to enter into other red LED patent licensing, to strengthen its patent portfolio. Not long ago, Amtran technology reinvestment the brand VIZIO and LGElectronics of LCD TVs patent infringement lawsuit officially ended. The two sides have signed a reconciliation-cum-cross-license agreement. Although the company is not on the details of the cross-licensing agreement description, but Amtran and LG had had a multi-layer strategies and cooperative relations, the two sides ended in reconciliation is in the market expected.
Thus, the LED industry international patent dispute is zero-sum game from the past into the fight before the co-operation mode.
Relative to the usual you win, I lose the traditional "litigation" As a result, the LED patent cross licenses to become a trend in the international patent dispute each other's patents, "your enemy" of each other, in an increasingly intense LED international competition in the market by the "allies" to enhance their strength and become the choice of a growing number of LED manufacturers.
In this connection back to the Samsung Osram patent dispute, it may be a bold prediction, after a period of fierce contest, Samsung might As mentioned earlier many businesses to war stalemate, thus achieving the patent authorized breakthrough.
Patent pool: LED domestic enterprises forced to "choose"
International companies to the patents in order to expand the strength, increase the intensity of the fight against market risk, the domestic LED industry at the edge of the core technology SMEs, the Patent Co-operation and authorization of each other more out a resistance to the international companies patent "coercion", the saying goes, "solidarity", Patent Cooperation between the LED domestic enterprises more breaking down professional barriers international companies to set hard.
As market competition intensifies, the patent dispute has become a normal market behavior, and various patent disputes are a heavy blow to China's booming high-tech enterprise.
LED technology in China started late, in recent years developed very rapidly in the country, facing a patent dispute growing number of domestic enterprises, often in a passive situation. In fact, facing a patent dispute is not terrible, horrible thing is that, in patent disputes in the position of being beaten and helpless.
To this end, on August 30, the first LED patent technology industry alliance announced in Shenzhen was established to participate in hundreds of enterprises in Shenzhen LED and bold use of "patent pool" approach, many patent patent together and cross-licensing and license each other. Eventually pushing way to promote LED technology R & D and patent applications, to avoid the adverse impact on the industry of patent barriers. This indicates that the road to break the barriers to LED patent, our businesses has taken a big step. As Senior Engineer Online CEO Xiao-Fei Zhang said: "Patent Alliance to promote the enthusiasm of corporate R & D, reduce costs, when confronted with patent lawsuits, but also be able to hold together to deal with."
Recognize the gap between the level of international manufacturers of domestic LED enterprises patent
China LED companies need to recognize that the reality is that the United States, Japan and Europe compared to 20 chip companies, more than 300,000 patent applications, accounting for 85% -90% of the share of 62 chip companies to apply for patents in China 30000 less than 10 percent of the huge reality gap, "patent pool" of domestic enterprises and international manufacturers of patent authorization, the difference is essentially the difference between the two can be said is quite different. In addition, the grim reality is that, although the domestic LED industry has a certain size and has a large number of patents for inventions, but due to the upstream patent black news technology by international manufacturers occupy absolute advantage, so the development of domestic LED enterprises are very limited. Insiders said that foreign companies a monopoly in the upstream patent technology, the domestic enterprises in order to break through this limitation, the difficulty is quite large.
Despite the foreign patent "besieged", but the domestic LED enterprises, there are opportunities. A number of core LED patents from 2010, after another for over 20 years of patent protection, which is involved in a considerable portion of white LED, this will be a certain impact on the LED patent situation, but also of the lack of core patented technology part of the LED business development opportunities. But no matter how the development of patent license and co-LED between enterprises in the general trend of fiery patent dispute. Therefore, the strengthening of R & D and capital investment, to master the core LED technologies, to enhance its strength and LED domestic enterprises to continue to strengthen the "homework".
