Samsung LED, the Korea based LED maker, has issued a statement about the LED patent infringement lawsuits filed against the company by Osram Opto Semiconductors. And as is usual in such cases, Samsung has filed counter-suits against its German rival.
Earlier this month, Osram filed lawsuits against Samsung LED in United States (Federal Court in Delaware and the International Trade Commission) and in Germany (Federal Court in Hamburg). Osram claimed that Samsung LED has infringed (and is infringing) its LED lighting patents including patents related to white LEDs.
Samsung LED has stated its official position with regard to the Osram lawsuits, claiming that it has “never infringed” Osram's LED lighting patents.
The Korean company describes itself as “the leading company in the area of LED PKG [i.e. packaged LEDs] and BLU [backlighting units] for LCD display” and says that it has been “assiduous in developing its own core technologies and in protecting its own intellectual properties.
As a result, says Samsung LED, it owns hundreds of US patents as well as numerous patents related to core LED technologies. In fact, the company says it currently has about 700 US patents and patent applications and about 2000 Korean patents and patent applications.
On June 10, 2011, Samsung LED Co., Ltd. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Osram Korea Co., Ltd. and two other defendants at the Seoul Central District Court requesting an injunction from unauthorized use of Samsung LED’s valuable intellectual property and money damages.
The defendants include Osram Korea and two companies that sell Osram’s products in Korea, Barun Electronics and Dabo Industrial System.
The eight patents-in-suit relate to LED chip and package technology used in LED light lenses and high-power applications. For example, this technology has found wide use in LED headlights and LED lightings.
In response to the news of Samsung LED's actions, Osram said it is "relaxed about the move by the counter claimant."
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