Rejection of Osram’s infringement case vs. Dominant issued by OLG Karlsruhe

Date Announced: 02 Dec 2011 Karlsruhe - The German courts of OLG Karlsruhe and the Landgericht Mannheim has confirmed that 10 of the claims by Osram against Dominant are not valid. As a result of the proceedings, the Federal Patent Court of Germany have also nullified four Osram intellectual property rights and the European Patent Office has revoked one. Osram has been ordered to pay court fees.Following the ruling, the Higher Regional Court Karlsruhe is considering whether two Osram patents have been infringed. Dominant has filed oppositions against the validity of the patents.Additionally, the verdict in so far as an infringement only relates to product lines that have been terminated since 2004/2005 due to on-going improvements.In terms of the reasons for the judgement, Dominant assumes further that its present product series does not transgress the judgement. Dominant has stated that will continue provide customers with state-of–art solutions, and that it respects the intellectual property rights of others.About Dominant Opto TechnologiesDOMINANT Opto Technologies Sdn. Bhd. is a dynamic Malaysian company belonging to the world leading SMT LED manufacturers. It has an excellence driven organization and offers a comprehensive product range for all kind of lighting applications needed in the automotive, consumer, communications and industrial market segments. With extensive industry experience and relentless pursuit of achieving the highest quality combined with a state-of-art manufacturing, innovation, research and testing capabilities Dominant have become a trusted and reliable brand across the globe. More information about Dominant Opto Technologies, a QS 9000, ISO/TS 16949, ISO 14001 certified company, can be found under http://www.dominant-semi.com.

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