Seoul Semiconductor

Seoul Viosys is the Only Component Manufacturer to Win the Display Innovation Award at CES

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Seoul Viosys (“SVC”) (KOSDAQ: 092190), a global manufacturer of optical semiconductor devices, announces its latest achievement of being the only component manufacturer to win a CES Innovation Award in the video display category at CES 2023, the world's largest consumer electronics show, with its innovative product, ‘WICOP Pixel’.

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  • Seoul Viosys (“SVC”) (KOSDAQ: 092190), a global manufacturer of optical semiconductor devices, announces its latest achievement of being the only component manufacturer to win a CES Innovation Award in the video display category at CES 2023, the world's largest consumer electronics show, with its innovative product, ‘WICOP Pixel’.
  • WICOP Pixel is recognized for its topnotch technology to deliver microLED display in the form of one chip without wire and package.
  • The stack-structure WICOP Pixel also reduces the luminous area to one-third, making it possible to boost transparency as high as more than 90%.
  • Lee Chung-hoon, founder of Seoul Semiconductor and Seoul Viosys, invited journalists from across the world to launch a new product at the Grand Ballroom of the InterContinental Hotel in Shanghai, China in September 2015.

Seoul Semiconductor Obtains Preliminary Injunction for High-Power LEDs in Europe

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Thursday, November 3, 2022

With the establishment of 18,000 intellectual properties, Seoul is leading the second-generation technology in the LED industry.

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  • With the establishment of 18,000 intellectual properties, Seoul is leading the second-generation technology in the LED industry.
  • Lite-On, which manufactured LEDs subject to the injunction, was also sued for patent infringement in U.S. in April 2021 by Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (SETi), Seouls affiliate.
  • In the past four years, Seoul has secured eight injunctions in Europe against the sale of infringing products, including cell phones, electronic home appliances, and general lighting products.
  • Seoul Semiconductor is the worlds second-largest global LED manufacturer, a ranking excluding the captive market, and has more than 18,000 patents.

Seoul Viosys Applies Violeds Disinfection Technology to KT’s AI Disinfection Robots

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Seoul Viosys (KOSDAQ: 092190), a company specializing in optical semiconductors, announces that its violeds technology has been officially certified to eliminate 99.9% of harmful viruses and is applied to KTs AI disinfection robots.

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  • Seoul Viosys (KOSDAQ: 092190), a company specializing in optical semiconductors, announces that its violeds technology has been officially certified to eliminate 99.9% of harmful viruses and is applied to KTs AI disinfection robots.
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    [Photo] Seoul Viosys Violeds Technology Applied to KTs AI Disinfection Robots (Graphic: Business Wire)
    KT is one of Koreas leading mobile telecom companies with sales amounting to KRW 24.9 trillion in 2021.
  • Violeds for KTs AI disinfection robots is a patented solution developed and massively applied for the first time in the world by Seoul Viosys.
  • We are now developing a disinfection solution optimized for robots in collaboration with a local disinfection robot manufacturer, said a Seoul Viosys official.

Seoul Semiconductor Participates in the World’s Biggest Lighting Expo Held in Germany to Showcase its High-Efficiency & Performance LED Lighting Systems

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Friday, September 30, 2022

This lighting festival is one of the worlds largest lighting expos attended by more than 200,000 visitors from 55 nations in the world.

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  • This lighting festival is one of the worlds largest lighting expos attended by more than 200,000 visitors from 55 nations in the world.
  • Seoul Semiconductor Lighting Team Leader Lee Sung-jin (Lee, William) said, Based on its LED lineup consisting of a diversity of products, Seoul Semiconductor will offer optimized lighting solutions to its clients.
  • Seoul Semiconductor holds the largest number (more than 18,000) of LED patents in the world and ranks 1st and 3rd in local and global LED market shares, respectively.
  • Seoul Semiconductor is the worlds second-largest global LED manufacturer, a ranking excluding the captive market, and has more than 18,000 patents.

Seoul Semiconductor Applies Violeds Disinfection Technology to Luxury Sedan Genesis G90

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

UV-C disinfection technology solution, Violeds, developed by Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ 046890), a globally recognized optical semiconductor manufacturer, is installed in the console boxes of Genesis, a global luxury vehicle brand, with the disinfection technology.

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  • UV-C disinfection technology solution, Violeds, developed by Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ 046890), a globally recognized optical semiconductor manufacturer, is installed in the console boxes of Genesis, a global luxury vehicle brand, with the disinfection technology.
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    [Photo 1] Violeds UV-C LEDs are applied inside of the armrest console box of Genesis G90 (Graphic: Business Wire)
    Luxury sedan Genesis G90 was officially launched for the market in the first half of 2022.
  • Seoul Semiconductors violeds technology is applied to these UV-C LED lamps.
  • As a result, violeds technology will take the lead in expanding vehicle indoor healthcare markets in the world, said a Seoul Semiconductor official.

Seoul Semiconductor Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Feit Electric

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ 046890), a leading global innovator of LED products and technology, announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against Feit Electronic (Feit), the largest light bulb maker in the U.S.

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  • Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ 046890), a leading global innovator of LED products and technology, announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against Feit Electronic (Feit), the largest light bulb maker in the U.S.
  • Seoul Semiconductor (Seoul) has already secured permanent injunctions against several retailers selling Feit products in the Eastern District of Texas in 2019 and the Central District of California in 2020.
  • For that reason, in 2022, Seoul filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Ace Hardware, another distributor of Feit, as well as a patent infringement lawsuit directly against Feit, to cut off the distribution of products believed to be infringing Seouls patents.
  • Seoul Semiconductor is the worlds second-largest global LED manufacturer, a ranking excluding the captive market, and has more than 18,000 patents.

Seoul Viosys to Demonstrate the Unparalleled Value of Its Micro-LED at IFA 2022

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Friday, September 2, 2022

Micro-LED produced by Seoul Viosys can achieve deep black color and clear image thanks to the stacked structure.

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  • Micro-LED produced by Seoul Viosys can achieve deep black color and clear image thanks to the stacked structure.
  • The stacked micro-LED to be presented by Seoul Viosys at the exhibition is based on an innovative future technology that can manufacture 4K display screens between 100 and 200 inches.
  • Various products representing key production processes of Seoul Viosyss micro-LED, which have not been unveiled publicly, will also be on display.
  • By securing WICOP, a source technology for micro-LED and mini-LED, and quantum efficiency enhancement technology, Seoul Viosys is now ready to address any customer requests, President Hwang Jeong-hwan of Seoul Viosys said.

SunLike Lighting, With Proven Effectiveness of Myopia Improvement, to Light up a Major English-Speaking Kindergarten in Korea

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Monday, September 19, 2022

It is well-known among discerning Korean parents for its strict standards for teachers and step-by-step curriculum.

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  • It is well-known among discerning Korean parents for its strict standards for teachers and step-by-step curriculum.
  • The kindergarten always makes sure to provide the best educational environment, and this time they have installed SunLike lighting, which reproduces natural light, in the entire language academy to help correct their students myopia.
  • SunLike is based on an innovative lighting technology that re-creates natural light spectrum.
  • In January 2022, the company proved that the natural spectrum lighting has corrective effects for myopia jointly with the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI).

Seoul Semiconductor: Everlight Is Criminally Convicted for Misappropriating Seoul Semiconductor’s Trade Secrets and Technology

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ 046890), a leading global innovator of LED products and technology, announced that the Korean Suwon District Court Appellate Division found Everlight Electronics (Everlight) guilty of criminal misappropriation of Seoul Semiconductors trade secrets and industry technology.

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  • Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ 046890), a leading global innovator of LED products and technology, announced that the Korean Suwon District Court Appellate Division found Everlight Electronics (Everlight) guilty of criminal misappropriation of Seoul Semiconductors trade secrets and industry technology.
  • The Korea Prosecutors Office criminally indicted Everlight together with Seouls former employees for criminal misappropriation of Seouls trade secrets and industry technology.
  • The lower court convicted Everlight on a charge of criminal misappropriation of trade secrets, and the appellate court affirmed the lower courts decision and also upheld a charge of criminal misappropriation of Seouls industry technology by Everlight.
  • Companies stealing such hard-earned technology should be expelled from the market, said Seoul Semiconductors founder, Chung Hoon Lee.

Seoul Semiconductor Obtains Permanent Injunctions and Order for Recall against Cell-Phone Products in Europe

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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

For example, in December 2018, the District Court of Dsseldorf ordered a permanent injunction for patent infringement against various LED products and a recall of those products.

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  • For example, in December 2018, the District Court of Dsseldorf ordered a permanent injunction for patent infringement against various LED products and a recall of those products.
  • Seoul and its affiliates have actively engaged in patent enforcement against companies that use cheap infringing products despite claiming ESG compliance.
  • In the past four years, as a result, Seoul has secured seven judgments of permanent injunctions and orders of recall in Europe against infringing products, including cell phones, lighting products, and UV LED home appliances.
  • Seoul Semiconductor is the worlds second-largest global LED manufacturer, a ranking excluding the captive market, and has more than 18,000 patents.