In July this year, China Micro formally sued Fujian High Court for 'Veeco Shanghai', alleging that its TurboDisk EPIK 700 MOCVD equipment infringed on Zhongwei's China Patent for simultaneous locking of substrate trays, demanding that it stop infringement and claim hundreds of millions of infringements penalty for damages.
After the complaint was filed by China Micro, Veeco Shanghai filed a request for invalidation of the patent involved in the patent trial against the Patent Reexamination Board. At the same time, another natural person filed a request for invalidation of the patent in question. At the request, the Patent Reexamination Board held separate hearings and the agents of both parties fully defended. The Patent Reexamination Board made a review decision on the two invalidation statements today, both of which confirmed that the micro-patent was a valid patent.
It is noteworthy, however, that Veeco is also not dead. On November 2, Veeco USA announced that the New York District Court for the Eastern District of the United States has agreed to Veeco's initial ban on SGL Carbon, LLC (SGL) According to statistics, at present, the domestic top three LED chip makers purchase machines in this year, Veeco and semiconductor in the semiconductor each half. Insiders commented that the Ban may make a lot of losses.
In response, China Micro said that in the absence of a chance to fully understand the evidence of patent invalid, court judges issued the banned substrates extremely rarely with no clear judgment on the patent validity of Veeco America and the real infringement of the substrate trays. Trader suppliers have provided a temporary embargo on pallets to SME, and SINOMAC is taking a number of effective measures to minimize the impact of the embargo.
Dr. Du Zhiyou, Senior Vice President, COO and General Manager of MOCVD Products Division, said: "We regret to say that we have a temporary ban on the New York Eastern District Court and believe that our suppliers will eventually win this patent litigation. Also believe that China will also win Veeco Shanghai patent litigation, Veeco Shanghai to pay the price for its infringement.