Seoul Semiconductor files lawsuit against Amazon in EU court
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The news: Seoul Semiconductor Co. (SSC) has filed a patent lawsuit against Amazon in the European Unified Patent Court, as it seeks to stop the distribution of products allegedly infringing on the company’s patent rights in the bloc.
The numbers: SSC currently holds over 18,000 patents, including the patent at the centre of the Amazon suit which freely adjusts the brightness and colour of LED lighting products over time.
The context: The semiconductor maker said that the company has obtained 15 permanent injunctions for patent infringement against various manufacturers and distributors in the past five years from the US, Germany, France, and Netherlands courts. Filing lawsuits in individual countries, however, was a less efficient way to enforce patents against infringing products.
SSC adds that given the European Unified Patent Court’s comprehensive jurisdiction across European patent litigation, by pursuing injunction and damages orders for infringement through the new court, SSC can now prevent the distribution of infringing products throughout Europe with a single lawsuit.
What they said: Han-seon, Park, executive vice president of the marketing department of Seoul Semiconductor said: “As in life, the opportunities in the market should be as fair as possible […] Despite emphasis on ESG management, some large LED companies are merely distributing infringing products with little interest in respecting intellectual properties. It hurts us all, even those striving for a society built on fair competition.”
The sources: Seoul Semiconductor Co. Press Release, Wall Street Journal
