LG InnoTek Sell Korean LED Patents to Chinese Firm

LG InnoTek have sold 114 South Korean patents related to LED technologies—around 100 of which are still pending—to Chinese company Suzhou Lekin Semiconductor. This after LG InnoTek sold 1,968 U.S. LED-related patents to the same Chinese company. In total, LG have transferred 1,977 US patents to Lekin, as part of a larger deal to sell…

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Hector Fratty, DrivingVisionNews President and Founder has been for his entire career in automotive lighting. From 1995 to 2006, he was Valeo Lighting Systems’ chief of R&D, managing a staff of 650 engineers and technicians and a budget of over €70m. He holds 20 patents worldwide. In 2008, after 2 years’ consultancy, he initiated the launch of Driving Vision News, a news pipeline dedicated to keeping the lighting and driver assistance community informed of the latest progress and development in the industry. Hector Fratty presides over the highly‐regarded biennial VISION Congress international automotive lighting and driver assistance symposium. Hector Fratty is also a member of the ISAL steering committees.