Seoul Semiconductor Confident That Latest Lawsuit by Nichia Lacks Merit

SEOUL, KOREA--(Marketwire - August 20, 2008) - Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. ("Seoul"), a leading Korean light emitting diode (LED) manufacturer, announced that it plans to vigorously defend a lawsuit filed by Nichia Corporation ( "Nichia") in the Eastern District of Michigan claiming infringement of US patent 6,870,191. After review of Nichia's '191 patent, Seoul believes that Nichia's lawsuit lacks merit and that the patent's LED substrate is patterned with a protruded and recessed trapezoid, which is different from Seoul's products. A federal judge in a California lawsuit, case number (C060162EMC), who denied Nichia's motions for an injunction and attorney's fees against Seoul, noted that Nichia seemed to be using lawsuits "attempting to obtain some unstated ancillary advantage over [Seoul] in Asia." Seoul believes that... [read full story]