On January 10, 2020, Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. together with its U.S. affiliate, Obert, Inc. (“Super Lighting”) filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas against two lighting companies: CH Lighting Technology Co., Ltd. (“CH”) and Shaoxing Ruising Lighting Co., Ltd. (“Ruising”), and also against a distributor of the accused lighting products named Elliott Electronic Supply (“Elliott” and collectively all three are the “defendants”).

In the lawsuit, Super Lighting alleges that CH, Ruising, and Elliott are making, using, importing, selling, and/or offering for sale numerous LED linear tube lamps that infringe four of Super Lighting’s patents that cover LED tube structure, package, and driver technology: U.S. Pat. Nos. 10,426,003; 10,295,125; 10,342,078; and 10,352,540. In particular, the accused products include at least CH Lighting By Pass Single & Double-input NEW CH1152S Series, CH Lighting By Pass Single & Double-input New CH1152AS Series, CH Lighting By Pass T8 Sign light CH1180AX Series, CH Lighting Dual Mode Tubes NEW CH1157S Series, and other similar products. Super Lighting seeks monetary damages and injunctive relief against all three defendants. 

Zhejiang Super Lighting has been a commercial and industrial indoor lighting manufacturer since its establishment in 1993. It provides a full range of energy-saving lighting products from fluorescent lamps to LED lamps. Its subsidiary, Jiaxing Super Lighting invests heavily in the design and development of innovative, high-performance LED linear tube lamps and other lamps, and as a result, Super Lighting has more than 700 issued and pending patents worldwide.

CH is a manufacturer of LED linear tube lamps. Prior to this lawsuit, Super Lighting sent three written notices to remind CH to cease its infringement (through designing around or negotiating a resolution).  CH, however, repeatedly ignored and never responded to these notices. CH’s refusal to even respond to these correspondences left Super Lighting with no choice but to file its lawsuit to stop the defendants from their unauthorized use of Super Lighting’s patented technology.

Super Lighting’s mission is to create an environmentally sustainable society, and to work closely with their partners in the industries in order to provide the most advanced and safest products.

嘉兴山蒲照明在美国控诉晨辉光宝侵权，联邦地院已排定期程

      嘉兴山蒲照明电器有限公司（Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.）（下称『山蒲』）及其在美国的关连企业Obert, Inc.（下称『Obert』）于2020年1月 10日向美国德州西区联邦地方法院对晨辉光宝科技有限公司, Elliott Electric Supply Inc.与绍兴瑞新照明有限公司提起侵权诉讼，主张其LED灯管产品侵犯山蒲拥有的US10,426,003、US10,295,125、US10,342,078和US10,352,540等四件美国专利。于2020年3月16日修改诉状，追加US10,560,989、US9,939,140、US10,378,700和US10,448,479等四件美国专利，修改后的诉状主张被告侵犯山蒲拥有的8件美国专利。
      山蒲在其诉状中主张『跳过镇流器型（Type B）双端 LED直管灯』，『混合型（Type A + Type B）LED直管灯』，和『(玻璃)LED直管灯』等产品已侵犯山蒲美国专利，涉及LED直管灯的安装安全性技术、结构、散热、兼容性及电源模块等相关技术。山蒲请求法院要求被告停止侵权并赔偿损害。
      法院排定了的案件期程：2020年10月22日开庭审理，以确定侵权专利的范围。另外，法院将于 2021 年进行审判与判决。