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Product category: Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
News Release from: Philips Lumileds Lighting
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 11 January 2007

Judge upholds LED patent claim

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Philips Lumileds has received a favourable ruling in its patent infringement litigation against Epistar Corporation.

Philips Lumileds has received a favourable ruling from the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) of the US International Trade Commission (ITC) presiding over Philips Lumileds' patent infringement litigation against Epistar Corporation Specifically, Administrative Law Judge Sydney Harris issued an Initial Determination that Philips Lumileds' US Patent 5,008,718, Patent 5,376,580 and Patent 5,502,316 are valid and enforceable, and that Epistar's "metal bond" (MB) and MB II products infringe the 718 Patent