Recently, an announcement from SFT and Maile Si attracted the attention of many people. Leave aside the fact that the former has finished the regular process of litigation, the later was legally responsible for the infringement. With the gradual penetration of LED lighting products in the terminal market, in the see-saw battle of infringement and rights protection, the crackdown has been pushed to the cusp of the LED industry.
Zhongshan City is the one of the most famous places for lighting applications in China. More than 4000 lighting shops gathered here, fluorescent lamps, incandescent lamps, energy-saving lamps, HID, HPS, you can find almost every existing lighting technologies here. It is said that Zhongshan City is the “weathervane” or “barometer” for the lighting industry, which will totally reflect trends of lighting applications.
With the development of LED lighting technology, a large number of merchants started to promote LED lamps. LED Down Lights, LED Spotlights, LED Strips, LED Wall-washer, LED Panel Lights, LED Ceiling-mounted Lights, etc.. You can find almost every model in the LED industry here.
However, wide variety is a fuse for cheap copies. “Take MR16 for example, in order to avoid cheap copies, we have recently developed a new 4W model, which is unique and difficult to copy. But what’s the end? We found similar products in the market one month later. Only one month. Cheap copy is completely inevitable.” Said Mr. Zhou Jiaxiang, the chairmen of Loyal Lighting.
According to the related data, with the gradual increasing recognition and acceptance of terminal users, the domestic LED indoor lighting market presented a significant growth trend. In the first half of this year, the output value of LED lights grew nearly 36%, in which 50% came from LED indoor lighting applications.
In the meanwhile, the competition is fierce in the LED lighting market. Since the first half of 2011, nearly 1800 new LED companies were set up in China. 1000 of them are manufacturers for indoor LED lighting area.
“Indeed, the led tunnel light market is growing, but the number of manufacturers grew as twice faster as the LED industry did. Most of them were lacking of core technologies and money. They had to start with imitation or even copy. The market is so big, hard to regulate.” Said Mr. Ma Shoufeng, general manager of Long Lighting.