Highlights this week:

Lawsuits, lawsuits and more lawsuits. Basically sums up Nichia’s activities this week. The leading Japanese LED chip maker announced it filed three suits in one week, two of the lawsuits were against U.S. TV manufacturer Vizio, respectively in Eastern court of Texas and Central district court of California. The other lawsuit which it filed in early March was against Everlight China. In all three cases the Japanese company requested the court for injunctions and compensations. LEDinside also had an opportunity to speak to top representatives from Nichia this week about its product strategy for 2016, and ongoing suit with Vizio.

In response to Nichia’s trailing blaze of lawsuits, Everlight refuted YAG patents involved in the case in Beijing, China are invalid. Company representative also spoke to LEDinside about their product lineup for this year.

Another ongoing lawsuit that caught our eyes was Seoul Viosys suit filing against Salon Supply Store. What implications will this particular suit have on UV-A LED market developments remains to be seen. For more information please see below:

Editor recommendations

1. GE Recalls In Total 35,000 High Intensity LED Lamps over Impact Hazard
2. Nichia Files LED Patent Infringement Lawsuit against TV Maker Vizio
3. Nichia Files New LED Patent Infringement Lawsuits Respectively in China and U.S.
4. Nichia Talks about Suit Filed against Vizio
5. Nichia Prioritizes UV LED, Automotive Lighting and Laser Diode Technologies in 2016
6. Seoul Viosys Files UV Patent Infringement Lawsuit against American Manufacturer Salon Supply Store
7. EVERLIGHT Penetrates European Market with High Cost-Performance LED Components
8. Everlight Rebuts Nichia YAG Patents is Invalid in Ongoing Legal Case in Beijing
9. Forest Lighting Acquires Super Trend Lighting LED Filament Bulb Assets
10. LEDinside Southeast Asian Lighting Market Report 2016

Analyst’s insights at Light + Building 2016

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Innovative technologies

1. UT Southwestern Medical Center Use Light Reflectance Spectroscopy to Improve Prostate Cancer Surgery Results
2. Apple Granted New AMOLED Display Patent
3. University of Arizona and Philips Lighting Find Grow Lights Boost Lettuce Production in Space
4. Green LED Embedded Fishnets Can Prevent Sea Turtle Death

New Standards and Resources

• ANSI Accredited Standards Committee Revises Luminaire and Control Device Related Electrical Transient Immunity Requirements ANSI C136.2-2015
• Zhaga Releases Book 12 on COB LED Arrays
• DOE Publishes CALiPER Report on Chromaticity Shift Modes of LED PAR38 Lamps

Government projects

1. U.S. LED Streetlight Projects from Pennsylvania to Nebraska
2. UAE Telecom Giant Du Tests Li-Fi Technology
3. Dubai Utility Company Power Stations Cut Energy Consumption by 75% LED Fixture Upgrade
4. The Progress of Three LED Streetlight Projects in India
5. U.S. DOE Arm Seeks Lighting Industry Feedback on LED Luminaires on the Market
6. Indonesia LED Lighting Demands Propelled by Increasing Electrification Ratio
7. Slough Borough in UK Converts 11,300 Streetlights with LEDs
8. Bengaluru Gives out More than 5M LED Bulbs to Local Residents

Industry news

1. China’s Smart Manufacturing Momentum to Spur Power Device Developments-SEMICON China 2016
2. PlayNitride Eyes Printing Market with and UV LED Curing Module and Pioneer Cooling System
3. LG Electronics and Bang & Olufsen Sign Strategic OLED TV Partnership Agreement
4. Lighting Science Rebrands in the Wake of Expanding Human Centric Lighting Products
5. TI Calls Attention to Standards for Making Reliable GaN Power Transistors
6. NAILD in U.S. To Share Strategy for ‘Surviving the LED Revolution’
7. Vektrek CTO and LM-80 Chair to Discuss High-Power LED Trends and Standards at TILS 2016
8. Silver Spring Networks Teams up with Rongwen to Expand Presence in China Smart City Market
9. Phoseon Technology,Siegwerk and Mark Andy to Host LED Curing Symposium for Narrow Web Label Printers
10. Lunera Lighting Introduces New Generation Helen Lamp GX23 for CFL Replacement
11. Veeco Sold First New Predictive Analytics Platform Featuring Rudolph Software
12. Phihong Unveils 10A Touch Dimming Control Module for Constant Voltage LED Fixtures

New products

1. Philips Lighting Offers LED Bulb and Smart Streetlight Solutions in Ghana
2. Cree Unveils Essentia LED Flat Panel Troffer and Track Light Products
3. Osram Sylvania Releases New LED T8 Retrofit Lamp\
4. Lumileds Launches LUXEON XR-3020 Module for Indoor Tube Lights and Industrial Lighting Designs
5. New Vision Display Expands OLED Display Product Portfolio
6. Design Phase Launches LED Optical Film for Retail Sign Applications
7. Cree Adds Two New High Density LED Arrays to Product Lineup
8. Aster the LED-lit Backpack Seeks Backing on Indiegogo
9. Aura Launches Customisable Pendant LED Luminaires for Indoor Applications
10. TCP Introduces LED Three-way Lamp for Table Lamp Applications
11. Diodes Releases New Triac-dimmable LED Driver for Line-powered Lamp Applications
12. Fairchild to Demonstrate New Phase-cut Dimmable LED Driver at APEC

Lighting projects

1. Philips and Rijksmuseum to Focus on Link Between Art and Well-being Following Partnership Renewal
2. Baltimore Kicks off First Major Int'l Lighting Festival
3. Osram Teams up with German Ski Association for Biologically Effective Lighting
4. London-based Hospital Upgraded with LEDs from Lumileds
5. Heliospectra to Light up Canada’s Island Garden with LED Grow Lights
6. U.S. Hotel Chain to Save More Than US$3M Per Year with LEDs from Hubbell Lighting