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| Honeywell targets Lumileds, Cree with LED patent lawsuit 30 Oct |
| Honeywell has a patent relating to the use of a reflector to recycle photons in a phosphor-converted LED. And it has identified the biggest LED makers in the US as alleged infringers. |
| Osram and Toyoda Gosei sign LED patent agreement 30 Oct |
| Two major LED makers have agreed to share patented technologies related to blue LED chip fabrication, industrial production of LEDs and semiconductor lasers, and white LEDs. |
| Universal Display wins SBIR grant for white OLED Lighting 29 Oct |
| A contract for $750,000 will help Universal Display Corp to develop energy-efficient white OLED light sources with improved luminance and a simplified design. |
| Macroblock expects to launch Initial Public Offering 29 Oct |
| Macroblock, a mixed-signal IC company focused on the LED industry, expects to launch an IPO on October 29, 2007. |
| Lightscape provides LEDs in Hong Kong to promote Olympics 26 Oct |
| A new multi-use complex in Hong Kong features LED lighting from Lightscape Technologies that will be used to promote next year's Olympic Games in Beijing. |
| Seoul Semiconductor wins further patent ruling 26 Oct |
| LED maker Itswell has to pay damages of $1.2 million to its rival Seoul Semiconductor for patent infringement. |
| Cree XLamp LEDs to make a splash at Beijing Olympics 25 Oct |
| Around 440,000 Cree LEDs will be used to illuminate the Water Cube, home to swimming and other events at the Summer Olympics in Beijing. |
| Philips SSLS and Boca Flasher in LED patent agreement 23 Oct |
| Boca Flasher has licensed Philips SSLS' worldwide patent portfolio relating to intelligent LED lighting. |
| Economist award recognizes LED pioneers 23 Oct |
| George Craford of Philips Lumileds and Roland Haitz, formerly of Agilent, have won the prestigious Economist Innovation award for Energy and the Environment. |
| OLED companies to improve thin film encapsulation 22 Oct |
| Sunic System and Novaled will develop new technologies for TFE, a promising technology to hermetically encapsulate organic devices like OLEDs. |
| Quanlight reports test results for dilute nitride LEDs 22 Oct |
| Red LEDs manufactured using a novel material system have much better temperature stability than traditional devices, according to Quanlight. |
| Novaled and ArcelorMittal build OLEDs on steel 18 Oct |
| An OLED company and a steel maker are working in a joint OLED development program to build OLEDs on flexible steel substrates. |
| Philips awarded NIST contract (corrected version) 17 Oct |
| Philips has received a federal contract to develop a spectrally-tunable light source that will help NIST investigate alternative metrics that might eventually replace CRI. |
| LED streetlights to take over downtown Ann Arbor 17 Oct |
| Ann Arbor plans to become the first US city to convert 100 percent of its downtown streetlights to LED technology, with the installation of more than 1000 LED fixtures. |
| Seoul Semiconductor wins LED patent challenges 17 Oct |
| LED maker Seoul Semiconductor has won several patent disputes against rivals AOT and Itswell. |
| Luminus and GLT use 21 LEDs to backlight 37-inch LCD 15 Oct |
| Luminus Devices and Global Lighting Technologies will demonstrate a 37-inch LCD TV illuminated by only seven PhlatLight LED modules |
| Advanced LEDs and E.ON target LED street lighting 11 Oct |
| E.ON will bid for projects to install lighting schemes using LED luminaires from Advanced LEDs, which has also signed an agreement with Enfis. |
| Beta LED fixtures chosen for Sentry facility 11 Oct |
| LED lighting has been chosen for the exterior of a new manufacturing facility built by Sentry Equipment. |
| Ostar LEDs from Osram nominated for German Future Prize 11 Oct |
| LED technology from Osram and the Fraunhofer Institute is among the nominees for a prestigious prize awarded by Germany's President. |
| Nichia and Seoul Semiconductor extend patent disputes 11 Oct |
| Nichia has filed a further patent infringement lawsuit against Seoul Semiconductor, provoking a strong response from the Korean company. |
| Circular LED screen is centerpiece for Emmy Awards 10 Oct |
| Stealth LED panels from Element Labs created a unique screen at center stage for the recent Emmy Awards show. |
| Enphos LED Systems Ltd unites existing brands 10 Oct |
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| Digi-Key and Ledil sign distribution agreement 09 Oct |
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| GE reveals restructuring plans for lighting business 09 Oct |
| Further investment in energy-efficient lighting including LEDs and OLEDs will be part of proposals to refocus GE's lighting business. |
| Lamina and North Star add LEDs to Hindu temple 08 Oct |
| LED lighting accentuates the highly ornate and unusual architecture of a new Hindu temple in Georgia. |
| Prudential LED sign dominates Hong Kong skyline 08 Oct |
| Retop LED Display Company has installed a 560 square meter LED display for Prudential in Hong Kong. |
| LED Holdings and Lighting Science Group combine forces 05 Oct |
| Two LED lighting companies have merged to form a strong player in the solid-state lighting space. |
| Cree shares fall on analyst downgrade (new version) 05 Oct |
| Cree's share price fell more than 10% on October 3 after an analyst downgraded the shares from hold to sell. |
| Sony announces OLED TV launch in December 04 Oct |
| Sony will seed the OLED TV market with an 11-inch model priced at around $1700. |
| Epistar denied stay of exclusion order in patent case 03 Oct |
| Epistar is appealing the ITC's decision to grant an exclusion order on some of its LEDs. But until the appeal is heard, the exclusion order will be enforced. |
| Spectrum Plastics adopts Ticona LCP for LED packages 03 Oct |
| Vectra liquid crystal polymer (LCP) materials from Ticona enable LED packaging from Spectrum Plastics to withstand lead-free soldering. |
| PixelArc LED fixtures light Demonbreun Street Viaduct 03 Oct |
| LED fixtures with a mixture of warm and cool-white devices result in maintenance savings for a bridge project. |
| NIST funds LED projects under Advanced Technology Program 02 Oct |
| Several LED-related projects have been awarded funding by the National Institute of Standards and Technology under its Advanced Technology Program. |
| LedEngin secures $11 million in series C funding 02 Oct |
| New financing for LED maker LedEngin should help accelerate market adoption of energy efficient solid-state lighting components |
| Nexxus will not acquire LightWild 01 Oct |
| A letter of intent for Nexxus to buy LightWild has expired, although Nexxus has completed the acquisition of ALS. |
| LED lights could provide Michigan with a greener Christmas 01 Oct |
| A company selling LED holiday lights wants the State of Michigan to adopt LEDs for its Christmas tree. |
| SureFire chooses Seoul Semiconductor LEDs for flashlights 01 Oct |
| Seoul Semiconductor is supplying Z-power P4 LEDs to SureFire, a maker of high-performance flashlights. |
