Epistar announces resolution of patent lawsuit against Amazon

　ENNOSTAR Inc. (“Ennostar”) recently announced that its subsidiary, EPISTAR Corporation (“Epistar”), on January 23, 2024 agreed to reach a settlement of the patent lawsuit against Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”) pending at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.  Under the undisclosed terms of the settlement, Epistar has agreed to withdraw the lawsuit by the reason that the goal of protecting its LED technologies has been achieved.  This is the first time that Epistar filed a lawsuit for its backlight products.  After this, Epistar will remain committed to actively issuing relevant warnings and filing lawsuits to safeguard its IP rights.  

　In this patent lawsuit, Amazon was sued by Epistar for selling, without Epistar’s authorization, the televisions of 43 inches, 50 inches, and 4 series and those of the Omni series and thus infringing the LED patents including the U.S. patents nos. 7,705,344, 9,530,934, 10,199,542, 10,505,076, 9,257,604, 10,181,549, 10,522,715, 9,293,656, 9,893,257, 10,038,129, 8,963,123, 9,425,362, and 7,821,026.  

　As the leading brand in global LED epitaxy and chip supply, Epistar has filed this lawsuit involving a total of 13 patents covering a wide range of key technologies including patterned substrates, epitaxy, transparent conductive layers, and metal electrodes used in LED backlight modules.  (Released 2024.01.23)  
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