Nichia Corp. v. Everlight Americas, Inc.

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The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s refusal to enter a permanent injunction against Everlight after finding that Everlight had infringed three of Nichia’s patents and that the patents were not invalid. The patents disclose package designs and methods of manufacturing LED devices. The court upheld the constructions of “lead” as “the portion of the device that conducts electricity,” and of “planar” as “in a substantially same plane,” and rejected claims of obviousness. Nichia failed to show that it had suffered irreparable harm to justify a permanent injunction. View "Nichia Corp. v. Everlight Americas, Inc." on Justia Law