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Japan's Nichia Corp says that on 22 May the Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal (IPT) ruled that the design registration (no. 364186, relating to a side-view LED) of Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd is invalid.
The tribunal found that the registration was similar to a prior art design registration of Nichia (no. 294490-2).
The invalidation action was filed by Nichia against Seoul Semiconductor on 24 July 2007.
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