{"id":20458,"date":"2022-11-25T11:05:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T03:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.everlight.com\/?p=20458"},"modified":"2022-11-25T11:08:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T03:08:39","slug":"pr_20221125","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.everlight.com\/pr_20221125\/","title":{"rendered":"Nichia\u2019s Patent was expired and Everlight\u2019s products are not affected"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Shulin District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, November 25, 2022 \u2013In response to Nichia\u2019s press release on November 24 about the Germany proceeding, Everlight believes the favorable evidences submitted by WOFI were not considered, and WOFI will appeal in accordance with the law. Everlight states that the proceeding is still in progress and is not a final judgment. Everlight firmly believes that a favorable judgment will be obtained. Everlight declares that Nichia\u2019s European patent EP936682 (and its equivalent Germany counterpart Germany patent DE69702929) was expired on July 29, 2017. Therefore, Everlight\u2019s and WOFI\u2019s products are not affected in any way. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p> EVERLIGHT respects intellectual property rights and will devote to the protection of customers\u2019 and shareholders\u2019 benefits and rights.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
<\/strong>Everlight has filed invalidation trial procedures against Nichia \u2018s YAG patents in Europe, United States, Australia, China and Taiwan. Everlight has received these winning judgements:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n
Nichia\u2019s Patent was expired and Everlight\u2019s products are not affected<\/a><\/h3>\n