Nichia starts enforcement proceedings in Germany against Everlight's subsidiary WOFI as preparatory step for damage award

Munich (ots) - After the final judgment of the Düsseldorf District
Court (docket number 4b O 132/16) finding for infringement of YAG
patent EP 936 682 (DE 697 02 929) of Nichia Corporation ("Nichia") by
WOFI Leuchten Wortmann & Filz GmbH ("WOFI"), Nichia recently
requested WOFI to complete its rendering account information given in
September 2017 upon preliminary enforcement of the now final judgment
of the District Court. WOFI is a manufacturer of residential lighting
products and a German subsidiary of Taiwanese LED manufacturer
Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd.. The obligation of WOFI to render
accounts is part of the judgment of the District Court. The rendering
account information shall serve as basis for the calculation of the
damage payments which WOFI has to make in favour of Nichia due to the
infringement of the YAG patent.

Nichia is of the opinion that this rendering account information
should not only cover the 12 white LED products of WOFI explicitly
cited in the final judgment of the Düsseldorf District Court. Rather,
further 18 white LED products of WOFI referred to by Nichia during
the appeal instance should be included as well as WOFI LED products
belonging to the same series of the aforementioned white LED
products. Since WOFI rejected Nichia's request for completion of the
rendering account information, Nichia now started with the
enforcement of the final judgment by initiating penalty proceedings
at the Düsseldorf District Court against WOFI for disregard of WOFI's
rendering account obligation determined in the judgment.

The 12 white LED products cited in the judgment of the Düsseldorf
District Court are:

Orbit / Serie 946 - Art. No. 4946.04.01.0000, Mercur / Serie 313 -
Art. No. 4313.01.01.0000, Laurids / Serie 889 - Art. No.
4889.01.64.0000, Avignon / Serie 275 - Art. No. 4275.01.64.0000,
Vannes / Serie 625 - Art. No. 8625.01.01.0000, Reims / Serie 272 -
Art. No. 9272.09.01.0000, Luz / Serie 682 - Art. No. 8682.01.01.0000,
Louvre / Serie 825 - Art. No. 8825.01.54.0000, Style / Serie 922 -
Art. No. 6922.03.01.0000, Antibes / Serie 792 - Art. No.
7792.06.01.0000, Benett / Serie 557 - Art. No. 9557.08.01.0000 and
Napa / Serie 666 - Art. No. 9666.04.64.0000.

The 18 additional white LED products claimed for rendering of
accounts by Nichia are:

Soul / Serie 117 - Art. No. 9117.01.54.0000, Roma / Serie 120 -
Art. No. 6120.01.54.0000, Jet / Serie 028 - Art. No. 8028.01.64.0000,
Space / Serie 216 - Art. No. 7216.02.01.0000, Vela / Serie 543 - Art.
No. 9543.01.01.0000, Comte / Serie 888 - Art. No. 7888.01.64.0000,
Halden / Serie Action - Art. No. 967201630300, Horton / Serie 786 -
Art. No. 8786.01.54.0000, Galax / Serie 587 - Art. No.
8587.01.01.0000, Estera / Serie 093 - Art. No. 7093.02.01.0000,
Orland / Serie 510 - Art. No. 8510.01.01.0000, Clay / Serie 163 -
Art. No. 9163.02.01.0000, Mika / Serie Action - Art. No.
816801100000, Veneta / Serie Action - Art. No. 987104640000, Hampton
/ Serie 326 - Art. No. 4326.01.01.5000, LED-Kerze E14 / Serie Action
- Art. No. 9715, Seattle / Serie 705 - Art. No. 8705.03.01.0000 and
Freya / Serie 145 - Art. No. 7145.01.01.0000.

Nichia seeks to protect its patents and other intellectual
property rights and takes actions against alleged infringers in any
country where appropriate and necessary.

Contact information:
Public Relations, Nichia Corporation
Tel:+81-884-22-2311
Fax:+81-884-23-7717

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