News: LEDs
14 October 2024
Seoul Semi wins Unified Patent Court case against Expert e-Commerce
South Korea-based Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd and its affiliate Seoul Viosys says that the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has issued a judgment ordering a sales ban, recall and destruction of products infringing Seoul’s ‘No Wire’ (WICOP) patent in eight European countries.
According to the judgment, Expert e-Commerce (the third largest European online retailer, with about $14bn in annual revenue) has been ordered to stop selling infringing products in eight European countries, and to retrieve and destroy infringing products.
Since the foundation of the UPC, Seoul is the first non-European patent holder to win a judgment in the main patent infringement proceedings. The judgment also set a record for the highest number of countries subject to the UPC’s order for injunctions and recall and destruction of infringing products, says Seoul Semi.
In the past, patent infringement decisions were only effective on a country-by-country basis,, forcing patent holders to spend significant time and cost in enforcing patents across different European countries, notes the firm. Seoul adds that it also confronted LED companies that evaded enforcement by merely changing product names and then continuing to sell infringing products, along with large corporations that knowingly purchased such products.
However, the UPC decision will result in a comprehensive sales ban against infringing products across various European countries, and confirm the validity of Seoul’s No-Wire patent, says the firm, which anticipates swift enforcement against infringers.
Seoul’s No Wire technology enables LED miniaturization and improves light extraction efficiency by enhancing light reflection and current spreading. These are advantages for high-efficiency LEDs in applications such as mobile phone flash, micro LED displays, automotive headlamps, and high-power lighting.
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