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Old lady to sue giant companies over LED patents |
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Written by Felix Da Silva (fdasilva@bitnip.com)
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Sunday, 23 March 2008 |
 The U.S. International Trade Commission said it would launch an investigation into some 30 companies on possible patent infringements related to Blu-ray disc players and other products.
According to the complaint found here, retired Columbia University Professor, Gertrude Neumark Rothschild, is looking
to block imports into the United States of a range of products
that she said were infringing her patent.
The patent involves products that has short-wavelength light-emitting diodes and laser diodes
used in such electronics as handheld mobile devices, traffic lights and
high-definition DVD players.
The full list of companies in the complaint includes:
- Avago Technologies of Singapore;
- Bacol Optoelectonic Co. Ltd. of Taiwan;
- Dominant Semiconductors Sdn. Bhd. of Malaysia;
- Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd., of Taiwan;
- Exceed Perseverance Electronic Ind. Co., Ltd., of China;
- Guangzhou Hongli Opto-Electronic Co., Ltd., of China;
- Harvatek Internaional Inc. of Taiwan;
- Hitachi, Ltd., of Japan;
- Kingbright Electronic Co., Ltd., of Taiwan;
- LG Electronics of Korea;
- Lite-On Technology Corp. of Taiwan;
- Lucky Light Electronics Co., Ltd., of China;
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., of Japan;
- Motorola, Inc., of Schaumburg, IL;
- Nokia of Finland;
- Opto Tech Corporation of Taiwan;
- Pioneer Corporation of Japan;
- Rohm Co., Ltd., of Japan;
- Samsung Group of Korea;
- Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., of Japan;
- Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd., of Korea;
- Sharp Corporation of Japan;
- Shenzhen Unilight Electronic Co., Ltd., of China;
- Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd., of Japan;
- Sony Corporation of Japan;
- Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB of Sweden;
- Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., of Japan;
- Toshiba Corporation of Japan;
- Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., of Malvern, PA; and
- Yellow Stone Corporation of Taiwan.
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