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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...

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...

Light+Building takes a smart route to connected lighting and services (MAGAZINE)

L+B 2016 featured more intelligent, connected lighting than ever, as Mark Halper reports, as well as examples of lighting companies branching out into services beyond illumination. Next, the lighting industry needs some end users to really prove the point. The...

Color tuning makes LED lighting more like an old friend (MAGAZINE)

Brent Protzman explains the different approaches to color tuning in SSL luminaire design and why LED-based color tuning can help deliver familiar, comfortable light. The original version of this article can be found...

Fragmentation in connectivity and power grids plagues SSL evolution (MAGAZINE)

Having just attended LightFair International (LFI), the key trends in LED-based lighting remain just as we have reported earlier this year starting with our Strategies in Light (SIL) wrap-up (http://bit.ly/1Y8jcbe). The original version of this article can be found...