On February 8, 2023, the Düsseldorf Court of Appeal (docket number I-15 W 3/23) confirmed the first instance enforcement decision of the Düsseldorf District Court in favor of Nichia Corporation (“Nichia“) and dismissed the appeal raised by Taiwanese LED manufacturer Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. and its German subsidiary Everlight Electronics Europe GmbH (both “Everlight”). This decision is final and cannot be appealed anymore by Everlight. The decision is of major importance in relation to Nichia's damage compensatio...

Clarivate Analytics, a global information services company (Headquarters: Philadelphia, USA; Japan office: Minato-Ku, Tokyo) has selected Nichia Corporation (Headquarters: Anan City, Tokushima; President: Hiroyoshi Ogawa; hereafter referred to as “Nichia”) as a top 100 global innovative company (Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 2023). This recognition is awarded to companies actively developing innovative products and services and securing the rights to inventions. In acknowledgement of Nichia’s continued provision of new value to societ...

Bridgelux issues a statement regarding Nichia lawsuit against CoreStaff in Japan Targeting Bridgelux F90 Products FREMONT, Calif. – February 20, 2023 – Bridgelux F90 products incorporate cutting-edge technology to deliver unsurpassed performance at competitive prices. Bridgelux's technology results from years of advanced research and development and is protected by Bridgelux's and its subsidiaries intellectual property, which currently includes a patent portfolio of more than 550 worldwide patents that extend across the expanse of light emitti...

On February 13, 2023, Nichia Corporation (“Nichia”) filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court, seeking damages and to enjoin trading company CoreStaff Co., Ltd., from selling products from the F90 family of LEDs made by U.S.-based Bridgelux, Inc. The asserted patent in the lawsuit, Japanese Patent No. 4974310, as well as related patents owned by Nichia in the U.S., Germany, and China, relates to LEDs incorporating KSF (PFS) phosphors. KSF phosphors enable efficient and reliable LEDs that deliver excellent light ...

Nichia Corporation and Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) announce the launch of the industry’s first fully integrated micro-LED (hereinafter µPLS light engine) light engine for high-definition (HD) adaptive driving beam applications. Automotive LED lighting technology has developed rapidly in recent years as a means for vehicle manufacturers to enhance driving comfort and road safety. In this regard, matrix LED technology for adaptive driving beam has become an important headlight feature for selective road illumination. T...

Tokushima, Japan – 25 January 2023: Nichia, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of high-brightness blue and white LEDs, is pleased to announce the additions of the NVSW719AC and NVSW219C-V2 to its industry standard ceramic, high-power 3535 size portfolio of LEDs. With state-of-the-art technology, the NVSW719AC is a completely new LED that expands the possibility of lighting design while the NVSW219C-V2 delivers unparalleled color uniformity via a dome-less structure. Through Nichia’s innovative technology of mult...

Between January 31st and February 2nd, Nichia will exhibit at Photonics West 2023 in San Francisco, CA. Photonics West is the largest international conference and exhibition of optical technology in North America. Leaders from academia, industry, and government will gather to discuss the latest research in areas such as biomedical optics, biophotonics, industrial lasers, optoelectronics, microfabrication, MOEMS-MEMS, displays, and quantum technologies. Nichia will introduce high-power laser diodes with a wide range of wavelengths from ultraviolet to green, which c...

Nichia continues to demonstrate its commitment to UV-C LED technology with mass production of the high output 280nm NCSU434C.   Nichia, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LED, began mass production in December of another new high radiant flux UV-C LED suitable for industrial water and air applications.  Helping inactivate and sterilize various bacteria, Nichia's NCSU434C cuts through any marketing gimmicks to provide uncompromised performance and lifetime that can truly enable U...

Companies to premier first fully integrated micro-LED light engine for HD adaptive driving beam applications Three years ago Nichia and Infineon announced the joint development of a high-definition (HD) light engine with more than 16,000 micro-LEDs for headlight applications. Now, both companies are launching the industry’s first fully integrated micro-LED light engine for HD adaptive driving beam applications. The micro-LED matrix solution will be seen in a German premium vehicle in 2023. “The new 16,384 pixel µPLS micro-Pixelated Lig...

Munich, Germany, and Tokushima, Japan – 3 January, 2023 – Automotive LED lighting technology has developed rapidly in recent years as a means for vehicle manufacturers to enhance driving comfort and road safety. In this regard, matrix LED technology for adaptive driving beam has become an important headlight feature for selective road illumination. Three years ago Nichia Corporation and Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) announced the joint development of a high-definition (HD) light engine with more than 16,000 micro-LED...

Tokushima, Japan – 17 November 2022: Nichia, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of high-brightness blue and white LEDs, is pleased to announce the addition of the new NCSWE13A-V1 to its high luminous flux density Direct Mountable Chip portfolio.   The new NCSWE13A-V1 is a 1W-class LED, the same as the existing NCSWE17A-V1 (1.7mm x 1.7mm), but in an even smaller package size (1.3mm x 1.3mm). Additionally, the NCSWE13A-V1 complements　the existing 0.2W-class, smaller NFSWE11A-V1, which is 1.1mm x 1....

Taking center stage will be Dynasolis™, a new LED tuning solution that regulates circadian rhythms by simultaneously adjusting melanopic illuminance and color temperature while maintaining high CRI and high efficacy. The building industry is increasingly encouraging designs that bring more natural light indoors, with human centric lighting (HCL) and circadian lighting gaining attention. Most existing HCL systems work by changing CCT (correlated color temperature), the visual element. However, Nichia also focuses on the non-visual element that truly addresses h...

  Tokushima, Japan – 3 October 2022: The excitement and success of Nichia’s H6 Series of LEDs continues to grow, now even more considering the big market potential generated from new licensing agreements with our partners.  Nichia is proud to announce that the H6 Series of LEDs are now ready for a new era of LED adoption where the focus on quality of light can take center stage without compromise.   It became accepted in the industry that the trade-off between achieving high lumen efficacy and high CRI / TM-30 was difficult to over...

Nichia Corporation and Savant Technologies LLC, known as GE Lighting, a Savant company, announced that they have entered into a cross-license agreement. Under the agreement, Savant will be licensed under Nichia’s patents on filament LED lightbulbs, including Nichia’s U.S. Patent No. 9,752,734. Nichia will be licensed to supply LEDs containing potassium fluoride silicon, or PFS phosphor, in the residential and retail market channels. The patents licensed to Nichia under the cross license include U.S. Patent Nos. 7,497,973 and 7,453,195. This ...

Dynasolis™, an LED pairing with circadian tune functionality exceeds the effect of standard LEDs on attention. Tokushima, Japan – 22 September 2022: NICHIA, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LEDs, has commissioned the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, to analyze its Dynasolis™ solution. The solution consists of a combination of Nichia's cyan-colored Azure LED and the multiple award-winning H6 LED family, which can adjust both color temperature and melanopic...

On September 26th, 27th and 28th, Nichia will proudly exhibit at the 2022 IUVA Americas Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. Additionally, Nichia America’s Vice President, Erik Swenson, will be presenting on Tuesday, September 27th. As new challenges continue to arise in public health, drinking water, reuse water and wastewater treatment, air pollution, hospital infections, ballast water treatment and industrial effluents, new applications emerge for UV technologies. The focus of this conference put together by the International Ultra-Violet Association is to ...

Supporting health with light, a huge boost to color quality and efficacy, and a HPS color LED are among the breakthroughs available for Light + Building visitors to discover   Tokushima, Japan - 13 September 2022: At Light + Building 2022 in Frankfurt, Nichia, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LEDs will shine the spotlight on a number of ground-breaking LED technologies that are setting the pace in the global lighting industry. As Nichia continues developing for a brighter world, visitors to the ...

Tokushima, Japan - 6 September 2022: Nichia, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LED, will start mass production in December of another new high radiant flux UV-C LED to help target the inactivation and sterilization of various bacteria and viruses, specifically industrial water and air applications. With its small 3.5mm x 3.5mm size, the NCSU434C has industry-leading radiant flux (110mW) and wall-plug efficiency (5.4%) when compared to a UV-C LED of the same size, an ~80% flux improvement over its pre...

Tokushima, Japan – 24 August 2022: Nichia, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of high-brightness blue and white LEDs, is pleased to announce additions to the Hortisolis™ portfolio dedicated to plant growth, including new high output COB options (Part Number: NFDWJ130B-V5, NFCWJ108B-V5, NFCWL060B-V5, NFCWL036B-V5, NFCWS024B-V5) and also the high luminous flux density Direct Mountable Chip Series (Part Number: NCSWE17A-V1). By integrating only the light necessary for plant growth in one LED thr...

Tokushima, Japan – 5 August 2022: Nichia, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of high-brightness blue and white LEDs, is pleased to announce the addition of the NVSW219F-V2 with significantly improved characteristics to the point light source 2W-class NVSW219F Series portfolio.     The NVSW219F Series, a 2W point light source 3535 package, combines features such as excellent light quality, high reliability, and long life with an unparalleled rich variation of color temperatures ranging from 1800K to 6500K. Wi...

Tokushima, Japan – 26 April 2022: Nichia, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of high-brightness blue and white LEDs, announces the launch of the Hortisolis™ series of white LEDs. By incorporating only the light necessary for plant growth in one package through the delicate combination of phosphors, Hortisolis™ makes it possible to maximize the production efficiency per area of the vertical farm while providing a good working environment within the closed environments. There has been a steady increase globally in the number of artif...

Through Nichia’s focus on higher quality of light, light sources now can achieve both Color Reproduction and High Efficiency Tokushima, Japan – 11 April 2022: Nichia, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LEDs, announces the addition of the first mid power LED capable of delivering the high-quality light necessary to meet the demands of telework and indoor video recording. Over the past 50 years, Nichia has demonstrated its commitment to improving the overall performance and quality of light throug...

Specializing in optoelectronic semiconductor solutions, OPTOTECH has grandly transformed into a third-generation semiconductor supplier. TrendForce had the honor of interviewing Mr. Jeffery Tai, spokesperson of OPTOTECH, who talked about the latest progress on the company’s partnership with Nichia for UV-C LED product development. Mr. Jing-Fu Dai (left), OPTOTECH spokesperson While OPTOTECH and Nichia have various projects in progress, this announcement focused on those related to UV-C LEDs. Nichia, a CSR-dedicated comp...

Nichia and GVL have agreed to settle the case titled Nichia Corp. v. Global Value Lighting LLC, Case No. 1:19-cv-01388-RGA, pending in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. As part of the settlement, GVL has agreed to pay Nichia a license fee in return for gaining access to the technology covered by Nichia’s U.S. Patent No. 9,752,734 (“the ’734 Patent”). Further details of the settlement term are confidential. Nichia filed its application for the ’734 Patent in 2005, following research that led to g...

On December 23, 2021, in a patent infringement lawsuit which Nichia Corporation (“Nichia”) filed against ASUS Japan Inc. (“ASUS JAPAN”), a Japanese affiliate of Taiwanese Company ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (“ASUS”), and TD SYNNEX K.K. (“SYNNEX”), a distributor of ASUS JAPAN (collectively, “Defendants”), Tokyo District Court rendered a judgment, holding that defendants have infringed Nichia’s patents. In its judgment, the court found that ASUS’s smartphon...

Nichia further demonstrates its commitment in UV-C LED technology with its release of the high output NC4U334BR. Tokushima, Japan — 6 October 2021: NICHIA, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LED, has begun mass production of another new high radiant flux UV-C LED to help target the inactivation and sterilization of various bacteria and viruses, specifically industrial water and air applications.   With a continued focus on 280nm to maximize the virucidal power and maintain practical ...

ST. PAUL, MN, September 27, 2021 – MetroSpec Technology is proud to announce its partnership with Nichia for light source implementation of the H6 series emitter with TriGain® Technology in architectural and other general lighting applications. MetroSpec uses its FlexRad® technology to create a variety of cuttable, bendable, labor saving light source designs using the Nichia H6 emitters.   TriGain® Technology potassium fluorosilicate (PFS) phosphor formulation used in the Nichia H6 emitters can meet “priority leve...

Shulin District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, July 19, 2021 –In response to Nichia’s press release on July 19 on their website about the Germany proceeding, Everlight states that the proceeding is still in progress and is not a final judgment. Everlight believes that a favorable judgment will be obtained. Everlight declares that Nichia’s European patent EP936682 (and its equivalent Germany counterpart Germany patent DE69702929) was expired on July 29, 2017. Therefore, Everlight’s and WOFI’s products are not affected in any way. Everl...

On July 15, 2021, Nichia Corporation (“Nichia“) initiated damage compensation proceedings at the Düsseldorf District Court against WOFI Leuchten Wortmann & Filz GmbH (“WOFI”), based on a final judgment of the Düsseldorf District Court (docket number 4b O 132/16) finding infringement of Nichia’s YAG patent EP 936 682 (DE 697 02 929) by WOFI. WOFI is a manufacturer of residential lighting products and a German subsidiary of Taiwanese LED manufacturer Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd.. WOFI initia...

Nichia managed to achieve differentiation through its compelling degree of technical ability so as to maintain its leading position in the market. In the midst of the ferocious competition in the overall LED industry, global LED leader Nichia has announced (May 5th 2021) on the development of the new and highly differentiated Mini-LED light source through the innovation and high technical ability of the company.     Nichia previously developed Nichia Light Cluster® Type V, a Mini-LED light source used on ultra-thin LCD monitors, and is adop...