The world's leading innovator of flip-chip LED products and technology, Genesis photonics Inc. (gpiled), In response to Apple’s infringement of the company’s patent rights, the company has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple in Taiwan, requesting Apple to stop the infringement and compensate NT$210 million (indicating the minimum amount of all requests and will be submitted to the court Supplement the requested amount after investigating the quantity of infringing products)

Genesis photonics Inc. (gpiled) Statement

"We firmly believe that regardless of the size of the company, for companies that are committed to innovation to promote the industrial upgrading , obtaining the honor of intellectual property rights is an important driving force for encouraging corporate innovation."

In the complaint, Genesis photonics Inc. (gpiled) claimed that Apple’s iPad Pro products infringed 9 LED patents involving LED, flip-chip packages, white chip scale package, Mini LED package and Mini LED backlight modules.

Genesis photonics inc. has developed flip-chip technology for over 20 years. "Although global brand companies emphasize they respect intellectual property rights, manufacturers in the market with a large amount of capital investment, such as selectively ignoring intellectual property right may infringe intellectual property rights in order to obtain profits.

Picture 1: Genesis photonics inc has a patented portfolio for thin and high-brightness backlight applications, including white light CSP and mini LED related solution.

"Chen Cheng-Chuan, CEO of Genesis photonics Inc. (gpiled), said. "In the market, manufacturers that use a large amount of capital investment model selectively ignore intellectual property rights, which will harm innovative small enterprises and may stop these small enterprises from continuously growing" We believe that branded companies that value intellectual property will take an appropriate response to infringements.

Picture 2: Chen Cheng-Chuan, CEO of Genesis photonics inc.

In addition, we will also actively execute the corresponding patent rights in various countries to protect the company's rights and interests, and take actions against possible infringements of various market products to support the company's continuous technological innovation and development.

Figure 3: The supply chain of thin mini LEDs for tablets, laptops, TVs, cars, medical displays, etc.

About Genesis Photonics Inc.

Genesis Photonics Inc. (gpiled ) was established in 2002. Without the background of a consortium, it was listed on the capital market in the fifth year of its establishment. During 2013 and 2014, although it was affected by the leak of trade secret and technology know how, the company continued to grow 20 years of experience in GaN semiconductor technology and integration capabilities, including epitaxy, flip chip, chip size packaging (CSP), mini LED, micro LED, automotive lighting and the recent successful development of GaN on sapphire power devices.

The company has extensively deployed epitaxial high-efficiency structures, flip-chip chips (Mini LED, Micro LED),chip-level packaging (CSP) and mini LED submount, mini LED optical modules, mini LED test equipment, GaN on sapphire/Si power device.

Since 2002, we have always met customer needs with innovative products, services and quality.

Figure 4: 7000 square meters space, research and development and manufacture of GaN optoelectronic semiconductors and power semiconductors in Tainan science park, Taiwan