Intellectual Properties

IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
Competitive Technologies to commercialize optical technology for LED lighting market
Competitive Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has signed an exclusive, worldwide service and representation agreement with Illumitex, LLC to license optical technology for the light emitting diode ("LED") industry. The technology is a fundamental and enabling primary optical device that significantly improves the effectiveness of High Brightness LEDs ("HBLEDs"). Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
Competitive Technologies Signs Marketing Agreement for Over 50 LED Patented Technologies
Competitive Technologies, Inc. (AMEX: CTT) announced today that it has signed a marketing and royalty sharing agreement with a Fortune 100 company to license and commercialize their group of over 50 U.S. patents related to Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). The LED industry, also referred to as Solid State Lighting (SSL), is undergoing rapid growth and is projected to be a $7 billion industry in three years. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
Color sensor integrated light emitting diode for LED backlight
Color sensor integrated light emitting diode for LED backlight A color sensor integrated light emitting diode (LED) is packaged with LED and color sensor mounted side by side inside LED package comprising a heat sink for mounting LED and the color sensor, both the color sensor and LED being buried by a high refractive index polymer followed by a diffuser layer and light extraction layer, all of which are transparent. Posts electrically linked to LED and color sensor inside the package are provided for external connection to LED and color sensor. Plurality of color sensors and LEDs can be packaged inside a single package with proper orientation of desired color LEDs to receive desired color by color sensors. Color change at the very source of light emission can be controlled with color sensor integrated LED package more effectively than conventional methods. Plurality of these packages can be employed for LED backlight for LCD, consumer lighting, decorative lighting and signage displays. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
Color LED driver
Color LED driver Disclosed herein is a color LED driver, which is capable of being implemented by a compact structure without a feedback structure and accompanying a small size and low cost, by directly connecting a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistor to a driving current path of a color LED applied to an LCD backlight to compensate a characteristic variation of the LED due to a variation in a temperature. The color LED driver includes a driving constant voltage source 100 which supplies a predetermined driving constant voltage VD; a driving circuit 200 which converts the driving constant voltage VD of the driving constant voltage source 100 into a plurality of driving currents, for driving color LEDs, the plurality of driving currents including red LED driving current Ird, green LED driving current Igd and blue LED driving current Ibd; a temperature compensation unit 300 which compensates variations in the red LED driving current Ird and the green LED driving current Igd due to a variation in a temperature, among the plurality of driving currents from the driving circuit 200; and an LED unit 400 including a plurality of color LEDs which are turned on by the driving currents from the temperature compensation circuit 300 and the driving current from the driving circuit 200. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
Color Kinetics announces licensing agreement with Neo-Neon
Boston, MA, Color Kinetics Incorporated (NASDAQ: CLRK), a leading innovator of LED lighting systems and technologies, today announced the signing of a global licensing agreement with Neo-Neon International Ltd. Neo-Neon will be granted access to Color Kinetics’ complete patent portfolio, allowing the continuing development and sale of its LED lighting products worldwide. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
Color Kinetics and Robe Show Lighting announce licensing agreement
Color Kinetics and Robe Show Lighting announce licensing agreement Boston, MA, USA and Hazovice, Czech Republic, Color Kinetics Incorporated (NASDAQ: CLRK) and Robe Show Lighting, respective market leaders in LED and entertainment lighting, today announced a global licensing agreement whereby Robe will have access to Color Kinetics' complete patent portfolio, enabling the development and sale of its LED Series and Anolis product lines. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
Color Kinetics and Osram Sylvania announce licensing agreement
Boston and Danvers, Massachusetts USA, Color Kinetics Incorporated and Osram Sylvania today announced an agreement whereby Osram Sylvania will license Color Kinetics' patents for a product to be marketed by Gotham Architectural Downlighting, an Acuity Brands company. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
Color Kinetics and Lamina Ceramics Announce Licensing Agreement
Boston, MA and Westampton, NJ – Color Kinetics Incorporated (NASDAQ: CLRK) and Lamina Ceramics Inc. today announced the signing of a global licensing agreement. Lamina, a manufacturer of LED light engines, will have access to Color Kinetics’ complete patent portfolio to continue the development and sale of its products worldwide. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
Color Kinetics and High End Systems announce licensing agreement
Color Kinetics Incorporated (NASDAQ: CLRK) and High End Systems Inc., respective industry leaders in LED and entertainment lighting systems, today announced a global licensing agreement that reflects a continuing surge in the use of LED sources for stage and event lighting. High End Systems will license Color Kinetics' patent portfolio to develop its first line of products incorporating multicolor LEDs. The initial offering will uniquely combine conventional sources with LEDs for accent purposes. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
Color Kinetics and ARRI announce OEM agreement: ARRI adopts Color Kinetics' technology to enter intelligent LED lighting market
Boston, MA, USA and Munich, Germany, Color Kinetics Incorporated (NASDAQ: CLRK) and ARRI Inc. today announced an agreement through which ARRI, one of the world's largest manufacturers of motion picture equipment, will use Color Kinetics' technology and intellectual property to develop a line of LED-based studio lighting products. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
Citizen Electronics and Once Innovations Sign License Agreement
Once Innovations, Inc. and Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd. have entered into a license agreement designed to accelerate growth of LED general lighting markets. The agreement gives Citizen access to part of the Once IP portfolio related to AC LED conditioning technologies and color temperature shift control for dimmable AC LED lighting. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
Catalyst Granted Patent on Switching Architecture for LED Lighting Products
Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ:CATS) a supplier of analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors, announced it has received a patent for a unique step-down switching regulator circuit architecture applicable to step-down regulators for driving high brightness LEDs. The patent, titled “LED current bias control using step-down regulator” (patent number 7,323,828), was developed to simplify the design of high brightness LED lighting in emerging household, commercial and automotive lighting applications. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
BridgeLux responds to Cree lawsuit
Sunnyvale, California, USA, BridgeLux, Inc., a leading supplier of energy saving LED chips to high-volume solid state lighting market segments, confirmed that on September 12, 2006, it was served in a lawsuit filed by Cree, Inc. and Boston University alleging infringement of US Patent Numbers 6,657,236 and 5,686,738. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
BridgeLux files lawsuit against Cree for patent infringement
Sunnyvale, California, USA, BridgeLux, Inc., a leading supplier of energy saving LED chips to high-volume solid state lighting market segments, today announced it has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed against it by Cree, Inc. and Boston University on September 12, 2006 alleging infringement of US Patent Numbers 6,657,236 and 5,686,738. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
Beadlight wins patent for diffusion system
UK - Beadlight Ltd, an innovator in LED diffusion and video effect technologies, has announced the grant of Patent No. GB2392488 by the UK Patent Office entitled 'Illumination device'. Read more »
Resources | Intellectual Properties | Reports | LEDs | Nanowire | Apr 29, 2017
Yole Releases New Nanowire LED IP Study - Startups Compete with Asian LED Giants in the IP Landscape
Yole Releases New Nanowire LED IP Study - Startups Compete with Asian LED Giants in the IP Landscape Asian giants Samsung, Panasonic and LG are the top three patent assignees for Nanowire LED technology. Facing them are several startups including glo, Aledia and Ecospark, which between them have raised more than $150M - thus confirming their serious interest in this field. However, these newcomers face strong technological challenges. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
U.S. international trade commission administrative law judge rejects Philips Lumileds’ request to prohibit importation into the U.S. of downstream products containing Epistar’s LED products
Hsinchu, Taiwan-- The Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) of the U.S. International Trade Commission (“USITC”) issued his Recommended Determination that sets forth the final order the ALJ believes should be issued by the USITC. In his Recommended Determination, the ALJ did not recommend that a cease and desist order be issued, and rejected Philips Lumileds’ request to extend a limited exclusion order to third-party finished products. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
Two Lawsuits Filed Again against EVERLIGHT's White LED Products
On October 4, 2011, Nichia Corporation ("Nichia"; head office: Anan-Shi, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan; Representative Director: Eiji Ogawa) has filed two patent infringement lawsuits in Tokyo District Court to enjoin Tachibana Eletech Co., Ltd. ("Tachibana"; head office: Osaka-Shi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan; Representative Director: Takeo Watanabe) from infringing Nichia's patent (No. 4530094, or "patent No. 094") and to claim damages for the infringement with regard to white LED products (product number: GT 3528 series and 61-238 series) manufactured by EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS Co., Ltd. ("Everlight"; head office: Tu-Cheng City, Taipei County, Taiwan; Chairman: Robert Yeh), the largest LED assembly manufacturer in Taiwan, and imported, sold, etc. by Tachibana. Read more »
IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Apr 29, 2017
Toyoda Gosei has a license from Dr. Neumark for the '499 patent
Concerning the matter of the complaint filed with the United States International Trade Commission (the “ITC”) by Dr. Gertrude Neumark Rothschild (“Dr. Neumark”) of New York State, U.S.A., on February 20, 2008, seeking a block on imports, etc., of short-wavelength LEDs, etc., based on U.S. patent No. 5252499 (“the ’499 patent”) held by Dr. Neumark, please be informed as follows. Read more »
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