Cree is bringing another Taiwanese LED manufacturer to court, as the company aims to maintain market dominance in U.S. The company has sued Unity Opto and its luminaire client Feit Electric for violating eight LED patents. By the end of the week, Cree created a huge shock in the LED industry with its low-priced new LED smart bulb, which is one of the first in the industry aimed at resolving long term incompatibility issues among different smart bulb operating platforms.

In Asia, LG Display encounters a setback in OLED production, as South Korea labor department decrees a temporary shutdown. Investigations are to be carried out at the company’s OLED plant, where a gas leak claimed the lives of two workers and wounded four. On a lighter note, more LED and OLED products were displayed at this year’s Lighting Japan 2015. Japanese manufacturers have highlighted high bay LED lights, and spotlights at lighting Japan this year. 

Event of the week: Cree Files Patent Infringement against Unity Opto

1. [Breaking News] Cree Files LED Bulb Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Unity Opto and Feit Electric
2. Unity Opto 2015 Revenue Performances Unaffected by Cree Patent Lawsuit
3. Unity Opto to Take Legal Action Against Cree
4. Cree Strives to Maintain Market Dominance with Aggressive Legal Actions

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1. Cree Launches Low-Priced Industry Compatible Smart Bulb
2. Japanese Manufacturers Highlight High Bay Lights and LED Spotlights at Lighting Japan 2015
3. Epistar Acquires Key Technologies from TSMC SSL to Fend off Japanese Rival
4. LEDinside Projects Epistar and TSMC Alliance to Speed Up LED Industry Innovation
5. Tragic Gas Leak Halts LG OLED Production
6. Analysis of Russian LED Lighting Market Policies, Cash Flow, and Logistics
7. LEDinside Successfully Concludes Chief Analyst Market Seminar 2015
8. DOE Publishes New CALiPER Report on Retail Lamps
9. Taiwan’s LED Component Value Tops Global Rankings
10. Everlight Joins US $1 B Revenue Club

What’s Trending

1. DOE Releases Report on SSL Adoption in Museums
2. Lighting Japan 2015: OLED Lighting Market Introduces 3D Printing Technology
3. What are the Real COB, Flip Chip and Vapor Chamber Technology?
4. L.J. Star White Paper Illuminates Diffused Light for Process Vessels
5. Installed Base of Smart Street Lights to Reach 40 Million by 2019

Government lighting projects

• Indian Manufacturers to Cash in on Government LED Light Incentives
• India Agartala to Embrace LED Lights

Industry News

1. San’an Opto’s Headhunting Activities Irk Epistar Shareholder
2. HC Semitek to Issue Bonds to Raise RMB 500 M
3. Normlicht Spins Off GL Optic to Become Independent Company
4. Honored LED Industry Guests Attend Lighting Japan 2015 Open Ceremony
5. NEUTEX LED Lighting Announces Major Expansion
6. Kateeva Joins Forces With Japanese Materials Leader Sumitomo Chemical
7. GE Lighting Institute Announces 2015 Course Schedule

Interesting Applications

German Design Team Creates Bioluminescent Forest

Lighting Projects

• Light and Vision: Between an Object and a Subject
• Hydropacer Trains Swimmers with Underwater LED Lighting System
• Daktronics Brings Light to Gillette Stadium Lettering with Freeform Elements

New Products

1. Osram Sylvania Launched Smart Lighting Product Portfolio at CES 2015
2. Ledtech Electronics Announces Brand New 2015 DOB Light Engine Component
3. New T8 LED Retrofit Tube Lights Introduced by Access Fixtures
4. MoriLite's COB LEDs for Wide Range of Applications
5. Philips LED Architectural Floodlights
6. Philips Cobra Head LED Roadway Luminaires
7. NTL Lemnis Launches the Complete Retail Range of “Pharox” LED Luminaires Across India
8. Tridonic Unveils Decentralised Light Management 2.0
9. Bridgelux Ships LED Arrays with 130 + lm/W Warm White Efficacy
10. Iris Capturing Under Bright Sunlight Conditions
11. FZtech Launches LED Bike Torch

TILS 2015

1. TILS 2015: Gigaway Technology Introduces Terminal Block Portfolio
2. TILS 2015: Overview of CCL Manufacturer Tianxi
3. TILS 2015:THT-EX’s ABS Recognized Explosion-proof LED Light Offers Safer Marine Illumination
4. TILS 2015: Skyinn's Splendid Decorative LED Lights
5. TILS 2015: Introduction to Taiwanese Manufacturer Rainbow Light Spectrometers
6. Fortune Winds's Company and Product Profiles - TILS 2015
7. Goldyear and TP Lighting introduces Innovative Glare-free LED Lamps - TILS 2015
8. Real Chain Intorduces Creative Smart Panel - TILS 2015
9. StrongLED Products Profiles - TILS 2015