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| Nichia achieves 150lm/W white LED, sues UK retailer 21 Dec |
| Nichia continues to push the boundaries of white LED efficacy, and is also using a UK high-street retailer over the sale of white LED christmas lights. |
| 600,000 LEDs provide a holiday glow in Brooklyn 21 Dec |
| Illuminating the landmark Prospect Park with 600,000 LED lights for the holidays proved to be a unique design and technical challenge. |
| Super Vision places OEM order with Lighting Science Group 21 Dec |
| Lighting Science Group will supply LED lighting products to be sold under Super Vision's SaVi LED brand. |
| Nonpolar and semipolar GaN LEDs show great improvement 19 Dec |
| Results from UCSB and JST ERATO could herald a fundamental breakthrough in GaN emitters. |
| Color Kinetics licenses LED patent portfolio to Neo-Neon 19 Dec |
| Neo-Neon has signed a patent licensing agreement with Color Kinetics after being hit with a patent infringement lawsuit. |
| LED lighting competition recognizes LED fixture makers 19 Dec |
| American Fluorescent, Lucere, Lucesco and Progress Lighting have won the Lighting for Tomorrow solid-state lighting competition. |
| IALD conference incorporated into February's ARC Show 18 Dec |
| The Architectural Retail and Corporate Lighting Show will feature a conference on sustainable lighting design education. |
| Carpenter installs low-voltage LED lighting display at Bull Run 14 Dec |
| LEDs are all the rage for holiday lighting this year, notably for a 60,000-LED drive-through display. |
| Edison Opto launches 250-lumen single-die LED 14 Dec |
| A Taiwan-based LED packaging company is using Cree chips to manufacture ultra-high performance power LEDs. |
| Nichia settles US patent litigation, loses case in Korea 13 Dec |
| Nichia has settled its LED patent litigation against Creative Technology, but has had design patents ruled invalid in Korea. |
| Super Vision gains $9.0 million in funding for LED lighting plan 13 Dec |
| Super Vision has secured $9 million in funding to execute its new business strategy that includes a focus on LED lighting systems. |
| Cree cites additional LED patents in BridgeLux dispute 12 Dec |
| Cree has stepped up its patent dispute against rival chip manufacturer BridgeLux by introducing two additional patents into its complaint. |
| Lighting Science supplies LED lights to City of Raleigh 11 Dec |
| A municipal parking deck is "going green" with LED-based low bay fixtures. |
| In brief: Cree sales, Neo-Neon IPO, DOE solicitation, TIR patent 07 Dec |
| Cree is predicting lower sales for the current quarter than previously expected. In Hong Kong, Neo-Neon is preparing for an IPO, while TIR Systems has another patent and DOE is soliciting for test services. |
| Displays: Barco sets stage for concerts, Daktronics mimics PlayStation 07 Dec |
| Barco has provided LED products for the latest tours by George Michael and The Who, while a Daktronics display has been incorporated into a giant PlayStation. |
| Super Vision capitulates in Color Kinetics patent battle 06 Dec |
| After years of fighting against Color Kinetics, Super Vision has been forced to pay licensing royalties to its rival in order to remain in the LED lighting business. |
| SSC squeezes 240 lumens at 1 A from single-chip LED 06 Dec |
| Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor has unveiled the P4, a new power LED with an efficacy of 100 lm/W at 350 mA. |
| LED2007 conference aims to showcase light on the move 05 Dec |
| A conference in February in the Netherlands will discuss new LED lighting applications, covering indoor lighting, outdoor beautification, industrial lighting and public lighting. |
| Bergquist introduces Bond-Ply TCP-1000 thermal material 04 Dec |
| A new material combines better thermal performance than FR-4 with ease of processing. |