Domestic LED industry is urgently needed to build patent defense system

Up to the end of June this year, Various types of LED in domestic is directly related to the enterprises has reached 3790, employing about 50 million people, and the annual output of LED devices was more than 40 billion, also,there was more than 30 billion yuan in 2008 market. However, a series of considerable numbers can not to disguise the short of LED industry in China.

Domestic LED industry is urgently needed to build patent defense system

” The total LED chip for 26 enterprises already in operation and under construction not better than one of scale in international top 10s.” the General manager Liu Zhen of Shenzhen Quantum Optoelectronic Co.ltd was spoke in China and United States LED Tube Light Technology and cooperation Forum on the LED chip in Shenzhen. The manufacturers technical level to some tune of Taiwan 3 years ago and behind the United States, Japan for 5 years.

It was based on this probably, Shenzhen started to prepared to construct lighting energy conservation center. ONe of the parties of engineering LED lighting energy Conservation center for CEO Zhang Xiaofei related to reporters.
The ceneter of energy-saving lighting build prties has included the California Lighting Technology Center, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate of Environment and Energy, and Philips.

liuzheng point out,there are 1950 LED packaging companies currently, all the new product less than 530 in domestic enterprises, and the product basically is in mutual mimicry stage.

Lack of the core technology, without the high performance and quality upstream products; lack of principle patent. vulnerable to patent blockade, restricted to export.”Zhong Qun of Century crystal research and development director of the Center for bell group said.The domestic LED LED research and development platform and patent pools should be established as soon as possible introduction of technical personnel at home and abroad, more technical personnel to enter the LED industry.

LED lighting technology is the core patent basic synthesis of Nichia of Japan, Toyota, Toshiba, American Limitless, Cree, German Osram control of the company, which companies use each core patents, taken transverse (large number of countries at the same time) and vertical (and constantly improve the design and subsequent application) expansion mode, arranged tight worldwide patent network.

Liu Zhen revealed that countries in the last year has been launched “Ten thousand ten cities” LED energy-saving plan, the first batch of 21 cities have been included in the national support programs, there are already 42 cities included in the program.