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Nichia targets SSL manufacturers, retailers, and distributors in LED-centric patent actions

Although Nichia is an LED manufacturer, the company has targeted lighting manufacturer Feit, major US retailer Lowes, and distributors in legal actions seeking damages based on SSL products sold with integrated LEDs that infringe a long-standing patent. The original...

LED business news: Current expands SSL ecosystem, Nualight and Fulham, Philips

Our LED business news covers Current, powered by GE adding six more ecosystem partners in its intelligent LED lighting initiative, while Nualight sells the Lumotech LED driver line to Fulham; and Philips Lighting signs a deal to light the playing surface at the...

Understand the factors and adaptations that impact LED efficiency (MAGAZINE)

Alexander Wilm examines the factors that impact the efficiency of LED-based solid-state lighting systems, and considers product development options that balance application requirements and optimum efficiency. The original version of this article can be found...

Cellular networks offer real benefits in connecting LED street lights (MAGAZINE)

The SSL industry is clearly headed toward connected lighting, and Shonika Vijay of Strategies Unlimited explains why the mobile data networks that link smartphones to the Internet may also be a good option for LED street lights. The original version of this article...

NGL SSL Competition 2016 (MAGAZINE)

As Carrie Meadows reports, the Next-Generation Luminaires Solid-State Lighting Design competition continues to follow trending technologies and applications; thus this year the judges were also tasked with evaluating two new product categories – connected...

Retail abandons CMH lamps in favor of flexible solid-state lighting (MAGAZINE)

Tom Jory and James Zhai describe how LED-based lighting with spectral enhancement can replace legacy sources in demanding applications such as retail and hospitality. The original version of this article can be found...