Philips Files ITC Complaint Alleging 8 Companies Violate 5 of Its LED Patents

Philips Lighting filed a Tariff Act Section 337 complaint Thursday at the International Trade Commission, seeking a limited exclusion order and cease-and-desist orders banning import and sale of LED lighting devices and power supplies from eight companies, including Lowe’s, that it alleged infringe its patents. An ITC notice scheduled to be published in Wednesday’s Federal Register seeks comment by Oct. 5 in docket 3256. The Philips complaint (login required) alleges violations of five patents filed 2001-09. “Widespread adoption of LED technology would not have been possible without the development" of modern LED power supplies and LED lighting devices, "many of which Philips Lighting pioneered,” said the complaint. Lowe's representatives didn't comment Tuesday.