Highlights this week:

Cree has been very active in courts lately, settling a two year-long patent dispute with Knightbright, while filing a patent infringement counterclaim against Feit Electric. According to LEDinside analysts, the company is focusing its attention on collecting revenue from licensing patent royalties.

LEDinside analysts have tracked down interesting developments in the high end commercial lighting market, which is inconspicuously gaining market traction. We also release our first OLED research report that takes a look at how this emerging technology might change the display market sector.

We are also seeing more LED streetlight installations in Middle East this year. Oman, a Middle East country neighboring Saudi Arabia, has rolled out a major streetlight upgrade project in Sohar Port and Freezone.

The last news to make our weekly news summary this week is the government in Goa, India’s decision to ban fishing LED lights as a move to conserve the region’s fishing reservoirs, and traditional fishing methods.

Editor recommendations

1. LEDinside：Silent Rise of High End Commercial Lighting in The LED Market
2. LEDinside：OLED’s Impact on Display Market
3. Top LED Market Trends Ahead of Guangzhou Int’l Lighting Exhibition 2016
4. Cree’s New Strategy Prioritizes Patent Royalties
5. Cree and Kingbright Settle Patent Dispute and Sign License Agreement
6. Cree Files Counterclaim against Feit Electric in U.S.
7. Everlight’s Successful Southeast Asian Expansion Implies Huge Potential in Regional Markets
8. Western Indian State Fisheries Department Bans Fishing LED Lights
9. Sohar Port and Freezone in Oman Upgrades to LED Streetlights
10. Absen Opto to Break into Sport Business Sector by Acquiring Artixium for US $45M

Innovative technologies

1. Fraunhofer Institute Develops Glass-on-glass Laminated OLEDs from the Roll
2. Queen’s University Unveils Halographic OLED Smartphone
3. Researchers Use OLED Smartphone Panels to Activate Nerve Cells
4. Effects of LED Spectral Quality and Light Intensity on Plant Growth
5. Red-Blue LED Light Treatments Enhances Lettuce Photochemicals, Antioxidant Contents

Government projects

• Chico in California to Replace 6,000 Streetlights with LEDs
• City of Binghamton Releases Carbon Emission Reduction Results from LED Streetlight Upgrade
• Western Sydney Council Celebrates Finished LED Streetlight Installation

Industry news

1. NEMA Current Business Condition Index Downshifts to Neutral in April
2. Lextar Reports Revenue Decline in 1Q16
3. Epistar to Partner with End Product Manufacturers with Increased Issues of 165M Shares
4. Financial Losses Forces Tailon to Undergo Capital Reduction
5. LiteOn LED Business Revenue Reports Slight Decline in 1Q16
6. Fulham Partners with Control Network Solutions to Deliver Smart DALI-based Lighting Solutions
7. Elemental LED Teams up With CW Lighting to Extend Diode LED Reach
8. DOE Launches Pre-workshop Sessions for Connected Lighitng Systems Workshop

New products

1. Philips Lighting Releases LED Coral Grow Lights for Aquarium Applications
2. EVERLIGHT Unveils New ITR 1502 for Contactless Sensor Applications
3. Designer Hartmut Engel’s Design Concept behind Dematerialized Lighting
4. Fujifilm to Demonstrate New LED UV Inkjet Printer at drupa 2016
5. India LED Manufacturer Syska Launches Smart Bulbs
6. Laser Research Optics Releases Zinc Selenide Optics Optimized for Nd:Yag Lasers
7. GlacialTech to Unveil Latest LED Lighting Solutions at the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition
8. Jasco Demonstrates Enbrighten® LED Café String Lights at the 2016 National Hardware Show
9. Instrument Systems and Konica Minolta Sensing Companies to Co-Host Light, Color, and Display Seminar
10. Verbatim Releases New MR16 LED Lamps With Warm Color Temperature
11. Fluence Bioengineering Unveils Horticulture Lighting Improved Efficacy
12. Crystal IS Launches New High Power UVC LEDs for Disinfection of Water, Air and Surfaces
13. New LED Canopy Luminaire from Cree Delivers Leading 143 LPW Performance
14. Audience to Add Color Using Osram Lightify to the Eurovision Song Contest
15. Amerlux Adds Smart Sensor to Architectural LED Linear Lighting Product Portfolio
16. Canon Unveils New EF-M 28mm f/3.5 Macro IS STM Lens with Built-in LED Flash Units
17. Osram Releases Halogen Headlights in Tri-colors for the European Football Championships in France
18. EarthTronics Releases New Retrofit T5 LED Linear Light for Program Start Electronic Ballasts
19. WigWag Unveils Smart Lighiting Kit for Home Illumination
20. Tridonic Adds New LED Module for Round Ceiling and Pendant Light Applications
21. Solar Watt Box Creates Off-the-grid Campsite, Charges up LED Lights for Longer Time

Lighting projects

• New York's Nightsky Lit up by Circling LEDs-tagged Pigeons
• Issey Miyake Shop in Belgium Lit up with LEDs
• Istanbul's Major Road Tunnels Upgraded with LEDs from GE Lighting
• Artist Transforms Uluru with Solar Powered LEDs