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China pours millions into solid-state lighting program
Saving energy and stimulating domestic LED production are key goals behind China's decision to invest around $44 million in its national solid-state lighting program. Robert Steele reports from the China International Forum on Solid-State Lighting in Shenzhen.

Patents: are they a blessing or a curse? (part 3)
What does a patent do for the patentee, how can you tell what a patent excludes others from doing, and what is meant by offensive and defensive litigation?

Patents: are they a blessing or a curse? (part 2)
Part 2 of 3. Can a combination of well-known technologies be patented, and how can there be a series of patents going back in time to a small number of parent (original) patents?

Optical and thermal designs hold key to Schefenacker's LED headlamp development
Schefenacker is using sophisticated optical and thermal approaches, as well an in-house LED manufacturing capability, to develop automotive forward lighting using LEDs.

Patents: are they a blessing or a curse? (part 1)
The patent system is intended to encourage invention and innovation and should benefit the LED industry, provided that the need for litigation can be alleviated by licensing and avoiding infringement. Part 1 of 3.

COMPANY PROFILE: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors - LEDs combine impressive economy and luminous intensity
For a long time the use of LEDs was restricted to indicator lights on electrical equipment, effect lighting and a few experimental light fittings for the home. Now, however, these tiny light sources are being used more and more in general lighting applications.

July 2006