It is understood that Yiguang filed patent infringement lawsuits against the Mannheim District Court in Germany on May 4, 2017 and July 3, 2017, and accused Seoul Semiconductor and its distributor Neumüller Elektronik GmbH (Neumüller) of infringement of Everlight Patent. Technology, and asked the court to issue injunction orders for infringing products, including prohibition of sale, manufacture, import and export.
At the same time, Everlight requires Seoul Semiconductor and Neumüller to recycle, inventory destruction and damages.
It is worth noting that, in February 2018, Seoul Semiconductor just announced its victory in the patent litigation filed by the British Patent Court against Yee Optoelectronics. The British Patent Court ruled on Everlight’s self-identification and found that Everlight’s patent was invalid At the same time, it also ordered Yiguang to pay approximately one million US dollars in litigation costs to Seoul Semiconductor.
Last year, Seoul Semiconductor filed a patent invalidation lawsuit against the above-mentioned Everlight patent in the British Patent Court. After a series of intensive litigation processes in the English court, Yee Mong gave up his defense and admitted in court that his patent was invalid and he was responsible for reimbursement. Seoul Semiconductor's litigation costs.
In addition, in order to protect its own intellectual property, Seoul Semiconductor continues to file patent infringement lawsuits against distribution companies of LED chips and packaging products produced by Everlight. In the past year, Seoul Semiconductor has been targeting billion light LED products in Germany. Global distributor Moser Electronics initiated two patent infringement lawsuits. Recently, Seoul launched a new patent litigation against Mozambique, accusing it of selling allegedly infringing Everlight products in Italy. According to the display, following Seoul Semiconductor recently in Italy After the patent litigation was filed, MOZER has removed all Everlight products from the worldwide sales list.