May 20 2005
Cree, Inc has announced that it has licensed its pioneering white LED patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,600,175, to several strategic chip customers, including Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., and Rohm Co., Ltd., both of Japan, and Cotco Holdings, Ltd., a Hong Kong company. The licenses provide rights to manufacture and sell white LEDs that incorporate Cree’s high performance LED chips. The company is currently in discussions with other potential partners to license this patent with a goal of announcing further licensing arrangements over the next several quarters.
“We licensed the ‘175 patent to Nichia Corporation in our cross-license announced earlier this year. These additional licenses further reinforce the importance of this patent and the increasing awareness and respect for intellectual property in the industry,” said Scott Schwab, Cree’s Vice-President and General Manager of Optoelectronics. “These licenses are a result of our ongoing IP awareness activities, and can enable increased sales of our high performance chips for white LED applications. We continue to seek ways to make Cree products, and our partners who use them, more competitive while defending our technology and IP in the market.”
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