11 Chinese LED companies have achieved key victories in US 337 investigation cases

On June 12, the first instance of Ultravision's intellectual property lawsuit was pronounced: 11 LED companies in China won the case, and the Texas District Court of the United States determined that the defendant did not constitute a patent infringement, and the plaintiff's patent was invalid. The victory of this case has a huge impact on the entire industry and is also a milestone victory for China LED Display in the US patent infringement and 337 investigation cases.

In June 2019, Ultravision initiated an intellectual property infringement lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas against 11 Chinese LED display companies and international companies such as Samsung, Barco, and Prismaflex.

On March 27, 2018, the U.S. company Ultravision filed a 337 investigation application with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), claiming that China’s exports to the U.S., imports in the U.S., and sales in the U.S.-related China-related specific modular LED display panels and their components violated In addition to its intellectual property rights, it accused 11 Chinese companies including Lianjian Optoelectronics, Absen, Unilumin Technology, Leyard, Alto Electronics, etc., of infringing on two of its LED display module patents, and requested the issuance of a general exclusion order, Limited exclusion order and prohibition order.

It is reported that in the 337 investigation involving intellectual property rights, whether American companies (natural persons) or non-U.S. companies (natural persons), as long as they believe that the imported products infringe their patent rights, trademark rights, copyrights or integrated circuit cloth registered or registered in the United States. Drawing design rights, and can prove that the corresponding domestic industry has existed or is being formed in the United States, you can file a 337 investigation application with ITC in the United States in accordance with the law.

On May 24, 2018, the U.S. ITC voted to initiate a 337 investigation (investigation code: 337-TA-1114) on specific modular LED display panels and their components. On November 27, 2018, Ultravision submitted a motion to terminate the investigation to the US ITC. On January 31, 2019, the U.S. ITC issued a preliminary ruling (Order No. 29) to approve the termination motion of Ultravision.

On February 21, 2019, the U.S. ITC officially issued a decision: not to reconsider the preliminary ruling of the ITC judge began on March 27, 2018 which the U.S. company initiated a patent infringement case against Chinese LED display companies. The investigation of the Ping 337 case officially ended.