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Taiwan Factory in recent years continued to sophisticated, but dare to enter the site of the top five manufacturers in the global LED, lead to the most sensitive to the patent dispute, the Taiwan plant often only remain silent. International Acrylic Sign Letters patent litigation is an enterprise resource mobilization of the Battle of Taiwan's LED industry accustomed to going it alone, resulting in lack of abundant resources to compete, but the size of the Samsung Group with strong capital once the war with Osram, two tigers compete toss materials.
LED lighting is rapidly expanding market opportunities, South Korea's Samsung Electronics (Samsung Electronics) recently scouting for the Taiwan-based LED plant suffering from decline in value of the pain of competition, and Samsung in the rise of the global LED lighting forces, the Taiwan plant must also remain on alert.
Grab the market for Samsung, the global lighting one of the leading factory of Osram (Osram) is the first to open a gun to start the worldwide patent litigation battle, accusing Samsung and LG (LG) alleged violations of Blu-ray is converted into white light LED packaging patents infringement; Samsung to be outdone, then recrimination infringement of OSRAM Global LED patent litigation war again and smoke everywhere, and a lighting of old and new forces about to battle is heating up.
Two major challenges of facing the Taiwan plant yields plunged and product price competition
The industry believes that the 2011 to 2013 will enter the high-speed growth of LED lighting, LED TV market in 2011 as expected, but also to accelerate the industry's focus from the backlight to promote LED lighting. Samsung occupy the first-line leading position in the global IT market, having very different pathways, but the face of the lighting market! Industry model, seeking to seize the city accounted for, and Samsung have shed blood and price broke the market.
For example, on the one hand, substantially raised the scale of the LED TV backlighting, on the other hand, originally intended for TV backlighting in low-power LED turn for lighting, resulting in the Taiwan plant yields plunged, product prices facing price competition; and Samsung through the resources of the Group's vertical integration, with its own brand to grab push affordable LED lighting products, and let it become the world's first LED lighting brand in 2015, the challenge with a hundred years a solid foundation of traditional lighting manufacturers.
The face of Samsung's bargain offensive, Taiwan factory can only secretly angry teeth itch, but always unintentional longer the concern of the LCD backlight market, OSRAM has launched a patent offensive, has to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), United States Delaware federal court committed its LED patents, and German court Dizhuang, litigation Samsung, LG Electronics =; It is understood that the patent dispute is about more than 10 white LED, LED backlight, mainly used in the TV backlight or monitor, OSRAM also asked the court to prohibit the importation of infringing products sold, and plans to seek compensation for Samsung, LG.
As the LED is a technology-intensive industries, the key's patented technology has been in Europe, the United States, Japan and other manufacturers cartel, Philips Lumileds, Osram, Nichia, Toyoda Gosei and Cree signs letters and other manufacturers through a cross-license the formation of the unbreakable patent network, leading Taiwan-based LED plant in the past can only pick up manufacturers to abandon the low-end applications do not market.
Taiwan Factory in recent years continued to sophisticated, but as long as they dare into the top 5 manufacturers site, lead to the most sensitive to the patent dispute, the Taiwan plant often only remain silent. International patent litigation is an enterprise resource mobilization of the Battle of Taiwan's LED industry accustomed to going it alone, resulting in lack of abundant resources to compete, but the size of the Samsung Group with strong capital once the war with Osram, two tigers compete toss materials.
Today, the patent litigation is one kinds of business competition means and strategies, for example, in 2006, Nichia complaint Seoul Semiconductor violation of white LED patent, Nichia fire, although fierce, Seoul Semiconductor also immediately counterattack mentioned report, the two sides patents each other divisions litigation throughout the United States, Europe and Asia region, and in 2009 actually made a comprehensive reconciliation and 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.
Thus, the LED industry international patent dispute is zero-sum game from the past into the fight before the mode.
Old and new forces to contend Taiwan plant will be forced to choose sides
Samsung from the beginning sights on the next generation of lighting opportunities initiative attempts to clear the face of the world's top five manufacturers of patent barriers, and expect the internal Samsung already do sooner or later a war of psychological preparation; Osram is the old forces counterattack the beginning of a Japanese manufacturers entered the fray, worthy of observation.
It is noteworthy that, if Samsung really successful to war stalemate, thus achieving a breakthrough patents for Samsung to become the world's five largest LED plant road and lay a foundation stone.
Osram and Samsung in patent litigation are four war, while Samsung once the breakthrough patent obstacles, Taiwan and South Korea in the territory of the growth and decline of the global LED industry, will trigger a new wave of change in letters for signs this traditional lighting plant and the vertical integration of panel makers cut the lighting of the war, the Taiwan plant converting Gean concept tiger fighting, or will be forced to choose sides.
