2015-12-22

USPTO Appeal Adjusts ‘Adapted For” Language in Preamble of Jam Strait Automotive Lighting Patent Case against Osram Sylvania

The United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) recently released a paper on its final written decision “Adapted For” Language in Preamble IPR2014-00703, according to a report by The National Law Review.
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2015-12-22

Netflix Socks is the Only Wearable Tech You Need to Survive Binge-watching Holiday

As some people welcome the long holiday ahead, binge- watching is sometimes one of the most popular activity to do in midwinter. However, accidentally falling asleep and waking up confused many episodes later, probably is not a welcoming way to celebrate Christmas.
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2015-12-22

PIDA: Philips to Drive Down LED Bulb Prices to Below US $1

In the era of LED lighting, traditional lighting brands have continued to control the market’s developments, reported PIDA. Lighting giant Royal Philips (Philips) slashed 2-packed LED bulb prices to US $4.97 on April 22, 2015. A single bulb price during the promotion period that lasted till July was about $2.49 per bulb, reported Chinese-language media Money DJ.com.
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2015-12-22

Bellingham Halves Streetlight Energy Bill Following LED Upgrade

Bellingham is the largest city in Whatcom County in the State of Washington, U.S. The streets of the city started to look brighter from Dec. 7, 2015, following the ongoing LED streetlights conversion. Crews from Northwest Edison, an energy company, started switching the city’s aging high- pressure sodium lamps to LEDs, reported the Bellingham Herald.
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2015-12-22

India BIS Updates LED Luminaire and Electronic Standards

To coordinate with the market situation and considering the requests from users, recently BIS has published below notifications for CRS.
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2015-12-22

How LED Lighting Affects Tomatoes Quality

To satisfy increasing consumer demand for locally grown, fresh tomatoes during off-seasons, greenhouse tomato growers often need to rely on supplemental lighting. Tomato growers are looking to light-emitting diodes (LEDs), favored for their energy-saving potential, as an alternative to high-pressure sodium lamps (HPS) in greenhouse operations. A recent study offers new information about the feasibility of using LEDs in greenhouse tomato operations.
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2015-12-22

Billion Electric Installs Smart Connected Lights in Taipei

Billion Electric, a leading networking and energy management solutions provider, today announces that it is in a strategic partnership with numerous LED streetlight vendors to deploy its Smart Streetlight Control Solution (LCMS) for a city-wide street light infrastructure project, providing automatic dimming and energy saving controls based on environmental illumination, motion, and regional sunrise and sunset schedules. Billion is in collaboration with the Bureau of Energy, Taiwanese Ministry of Economic Affairs to expand its system capacity controlling up to 6,000 street lights for a freeway project.
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2015-12-22

Eon Electric Installs 33K LED Streetlights in Indian City Jodhpur

India-based Eon Electric Limited (EEL), a manufacturer of energy-efficient LED lighting products, has secured an extended LED streetlight installation contract aimed at replacing conventional streetlights with LEDs in Jodhpur.
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2015-12-22

SGM Creates Holiday Atmosphere for Bucharest

The official Bucharest Christmas Market is a tradition from 2012 taking place in the University Square from end of November throughout December with more than 60 wooden stalls hosted by merchants of handcraft and seasonal foods. To extend the Christmas atmosphere, the market also includes a 15 meter Christmas tree illuminated by 20,000 lights, Santa’s House, daily carollers, concerts, donation of Christmas gifts for the less fortunate while surrounding buildings are illuminated in seasonal colours.
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2015-12-22

Indian Power Minister: Government to Distribute 60M LED Bulbs Nationwide

The Indian government aims to distribute more than 60 million LED bulbs through State-owned Energy Efficiency Services (EESL) within one year, said the country’s Power Minister Piyush Goyal recently.
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2015-12-22

GlacialTech Launches New Cold Forged Pin Fin Heatsink for Outdoor Applications

GlacialTech, the diversified LED technology provider, announces a new square heatsink using cold forging technology rated for 30W LEDs. The Igloo FS125S measures 125mm square and 25mm in depth, is made out of anodized AL1070 aluminum and uses a pin fin design for optimal heat dissipation. Besides the Igloo FS125S itself, GlacialTech is also launching an LED luminaire semi-knocked down kit which lets lighting manufacturers and integrators easily create rugged IP66 rated lighting products using the CoB LED of their choice.
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2015-12-22

MaxLite Announces 10-year Warranty for Outdoor LED Luminaire

The most versatile LED fixture on the market now comes with best-in-class protection. MaxLite is proud to announce a 10-year warranty for QuadroMAX, the industry’s first universal, scalable outdoor luminaire.
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2015-12-22

Hubbell Lighting Improves Output of LED Area Lighting Solutions

Hubbell Lighting, a global leader in lighting innovation, announced today a 20 percent lighting output improvement for two popular LED area lighting solutions, the Beacon Products Viper and Spaulding Lighting Cimarron.
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2015-12-21

Energy Focus Business Development Director, Rhonda Courtney, Appointed Chair for NAESCO Affiliate Advisory Committee

SOLON, Ohio, Dec. 18, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Energy Focus, Inc. (NASDAQ:EFOI), a leader in LED lighting technologies, today announced that Rhonda Courtney, business development director for Energy Focus, has been appointed the National Association of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO) Affiliate Advisory Committee Chair.
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2015-12-21

Can Philips Lead the Smart Lighting Industry Developments with Hue Bridge?

A Philips Hue software update last Wednesday banned third-party LED bulbs from pairing up with Hue Bridge created a lot of backlash, according to a Chinese-language ifanr report. A day later the company reversed the decision to embrace third-party bulb support once more.
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2015-12-21

Changelight Appoints Weiyong Wang as New Chairman

Chinese LED manufacturer Changelight Chairman Dianming Deng has retired from his role as the company chairman, and successor has been chosen by the company board, according to a recent company statement.
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2015-12-21

The Philippines Updates Lighting and Other Electronic Device Regulations

The Philippines has recently updated its lamp holders and other luminaire standards, according to a DEKRA press release.
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2015-12-21

NEMA Argues California LED Color Temperature Regulations Will Make Lights Less Efficient

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) called on the California Energy Commission (CEC) today to ensure that California consumers have access to the most efficient and cost-effective LED bulbs currently on the market.
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2015-12-21

Philips Appoints New Member to Board of Management

Royal Philips announced that today’s Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM) appointed Abhijit Bhattacharya as a member of the Board of Management with effect from December 18, 2015.
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2015-12-21

AFC Bournemouth Enters Premier League with LEDs Upgrade

As the newest addition to the Barclays Premier League for the 2015 season, AFC Bournemouth demonstrated that its home field will shine brightly on the world stage with the addition of Musco’s state-of-the-art LED lighting solution at Vitality Stadium.
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2015-12-21

Will EDM Parties Be The New Niche Market for LEDs?

Traditionally, LEDs are wielded as glow stick replacements at concerts, or found on banners and boards made by fans. Some artists will occasionally wear LED dresses to light up the show, but a new startup is catching on the trend of gloving at EDM rave parties.
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2015-12-21

Philips Unveils New Blast Powercore Floodlights for Façade Illumination

Philips Color Kinetics introduces Blast Powercore gen4 floodlights, engineered to make you the high-commander of your lighting environment.
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2015-12-21

Soraa’s Violet Emisision LEDs Help Show Off the Best in Textile Displays

Soraa, the world leader in GaN on GaN™ LED technology, announced that its LED lamps were chosen for their ability to beautifully illuminate fabrics on display at the Maibom Innovation Center, the textile design showcase and collaboration studio of the highly regarded Maibom GmbH Textilvertrieb company.
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2015-12-21

TSL Selects SGM's LED Fixtures for Holiday Illumination

With the Christmas outdoor season in full swing, and requirement to bring city centres alive with increasingly dynamic illuminations, London-based TSL Lighting has purchased a quantity of SGM’s award-winning IP65-rated G-Spots.
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2015-12-21

LED Halos Interactively Light up Highway Underpass in San Jose

Paint, acrylic, LEDs, steel, sensors, control, cell phone interface.
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2015-12-18

Hot Picks of the Week Dec. 14-18

There has been a lot of activity going on in the UV LED market in the last two weeks, Japanese media Nikkei reports have pointed out UV LED manufacturer Nikkiso is collaborating with Formosa Plastics Group to build the world’s largest UV LED factory in Taiwan. Dow Chemical and DuPont’s equal merge last week, implies advantages in LED material and UV LED development, but could also raise the bar considerably for other material manufacturers to break through their comprehensive patent networks. Apple is once again under the spotlight, following a Bloomberg report that revealed the company has set up a secret lab in Taiwan to work on iPad or iPhone display technology.
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2015-12-18

MLS Denies Rumors of Acquiring Epistar

Chinese LED maker MLS as a potential acquisition of Taiwanese LED chip manufacturer Epistar has become the latest gossip in Taiwan’s LED industry. Following the market rumors, the LED chip maker’s shares have soared, giving the LED stock market a major boost. Market rumors claim Chinese manufacturers potential investments in Taiwanese companies have allowed local LED enterprises to reevaluate their market value. However, LEDinside interviews with local market research companies noted the chances of MLS acquiring Epistar was fairly low, and the Chinese company’s current focus was mostly directed towards bidding Osram’s lighting business.
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2015-12-18

Nikkiso Partners up with Formosa Plastics Group to Build World’s Largest UV LED Factory in Taiwan

Japanese UV LED manufacturer Nikkiso is collaborating with Formosa Plastics Group to build the world’s largest UV LED factory in Taiwan, reported Japanese media Nikkei.
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2015-12-18

Sears Canada Recalls Decorative LED String Lights Made in China

This recall involves the WholeHome Noel 70 L.E.D. light string in warm white, for indoor and outdoor use.  The product can be identified by the model number 25074, UPC number 45025074001, CSA file number 223812 and manufacture date code 07/2015. Consumers are able to locate the model number, CSA file number and manufacture date code on the white tag affixed to the wire.
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2015-12-18

Connecticut Town to Convert 2,358 Streetlights to LED

Town council members from Berlin located in Connecticut, U.S. has approved a US $ 1.48 million contract to swap 2,538 streetlights with LEDs , reported Hartford Courant.
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