Court orders recall of Signify lighting products over patents, Seoul Semiconductor says (updated)

Seoul Semiconductor Co

26/12/2024 11:39

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       SEOUL, Dec 26 (Reuters) - A German court has ordered the
recall and destruction of some products from lighting maker
Signify  LIGHT.AS  that infringed on the patents of Seoul
Semiconductor  046890.KQ , the South Korean firm said on
Thursday. 
    The court in Dusseldorf ordered distributor Conrad
Electronic to take the actions and said there would be a fine of
up to 250,000 euros ($259,925) for each violation of its order,
Seoul Semiconductor said in a statement. 
    Netherlands-based Signify - the world's biggest lighting
maker which was spun off from Philips  PHG.AS  in 2016 - said
the patents in question had expired.
        The company told Reuters it had started legal action to
show that the patents were now invalid, without going into
further details on the case.
  
    Seoul Semiconductor, which has sued multinational companies
over patents, said it uses about 10% of its revenue in research
and development and holds more than 18,000 patents in
light-emitting diode technology.    
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 (Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman
and Andrew Heavens)
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