Japanese LED manufacturer Nichia announced recently , it had received the court verdict from the Beijing First Intermediate People's Court pertaining to the decision by the State Intellectual Property Office’s Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences that Nichia’s two YAG patents (ZL97196762.8, ZL03159595.2) were valid. Taiwan LED manufacturer Everlight rejected the decision and had appealed to the Beijing First Intermediate People's Court to overturn the ruling. In the verdict issued by the court, Everlight’s appeal was rejected, and the court upheld Nichia’s two YAG patents validity.