Hsinchu, Taiwan – July 9th, 2018 – Epistar Corporation (“Epistar”) announced today that it agreed to settle its patent litigation against All Star Lighting Supplies, Inc., d/b/a Luxrite (“All Star Lighting”) pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, for selling LED filament bulbs manufactured by Foshan Electrical and Lighting Co., Ltd. (“Foshan”) that were unlicensed and infringe Epistar’s light-emitting diode (“LED”) filament patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 7,355,208, 7,489,068, 7,560,738, 8,791,467, 9,065,022) and sold to All Star Lighting.

Under the terms of the settlement, All Star Lighting has agreed that it will stop purchasing and selling the accused unlicensed LED filament light bulbs from Foshan.

This settlement protects Epistar’s investment in the research and development of advanced LED technologies.

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Decades before solid-state lighting became today’s ubiquitous commodity, a handful of visionaries founded Epistar to usher in the LED era. First-hand knowledge and insight led Epistar to cutting-edge production and engineering innovation. Having accumulated tremendous expertise and expansive capacity, today Epistar sits firmly as the premier global supplier of LED and next generation semiconductor technologies. Epistar plays a pivotal role in LED’s full commercialization guiding the world into the solid-state lighting era. Epistar’s global footprint spans North America, Europe and Asia, and its revolutionary products and solutions have been chosen by some of the most well-known brands around the world, popularizing LED applications on cell phones, laptops, televisions, outdoor displays, automobiles, lighting devices and much more. Epistar is bringing the benefits of solid-state lighting into everyday life.

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