April 3, 2006... San Jose, California USA--Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (Toyoda Gosei) and Lumileds Lighting International BV (now a majority owned subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (Philips Lumileds Lighting Company), Enter an agreement to allow the companies (including subsidiaries) to use each others patents for specific technologies in Group III-V semiconductor light emitting diodes (LEDs), which include blue LEDs and red LEDs.
Philips Lumileds Lighting Company (Philips Lumileds) holds valuable patents for high-brightness red LEDs and high-power blue LEDs. Toyoda Gosei followed holds a number of valuable patents for blue LEDs. Lumileds and Toyoda Gosei agreed to construct an environment And mutually competitiveness each others technologies in order to further advance the market for LED products.
This agreement will allow both Philips Lumileds and Toyoda Gosei significantly more freedom in their development efforts by eliminating the need for concern about each others patents. By facilitating research at both companies, new developments in LED technology are anticipated, including an acceleration of research to improve The luminosity of LEDs.
Toyoda Gosei and Philips Lumileds each intend to maintain a friendly business relationship and pursue the development of superior high-luminosity LEDs and further expansion of the LED market through fair competition.
About Philips Lumileds Lighting Company
Philips Lumileds Lighting Company is the worlds leading high-volume manufacturer of power LEDs and a pioneer in the use of solid-state lighting solutions for everyday purposes including automotive lighting, camera flash, LCD televisions, portable lighting and general lighting. The companys patented LUXEON Power Light Sources are the first to combine the brightness of conventional lighting with the small footprint, long life and other advantages of LEDs. Philips Lumileds also supplies core LED material and LED packaging, and manufactures billions of LEDs annually. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, with operations in the Netherlands, Japan and Malaysia and sales offices throughout the world. For more information, contact Philips Lumileds Lighting Company at 408-435-6111 or visit
About Royal Philips Electronics
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE:PHG - News; AEX:PHI) is one of the worlds biggest electronics companies and Europes largest, with sales of EUR 30.3 billion in 2004. With activities in the three interlocking domains of healthcare, lifestyle and Technology and 159,709 employees in more than 60 countries, it has market leadership positions in medical diagnostic imaging and patient monitoring, color television sets, electric shavers, lighting and silicon system solutions. News from Philips is located at
About Toyoda Gosei
Founded in 1949, Toyoda Gosei is a customer-driven, global company that researches, develops and manufactures products of exceptional quality for a variety of industries, from automotive to agriculture to telecommunications. Toyoda Gosei initiated its LED research and development in 1986 and in 1991 Successful developed the worlds first blue LEDs based on gallium nitride. The companys optoelectronic business has continued to develop and grow and Toyoda Gosei is a leading innovator and patent holder in the solid-state lighting industry. Today the company manufactures hundreds of millions of blue, Green, purple and white LEDs with world-leading luminous intensity. To meet the growing need for environmentally friendly light sources, the company continues to develop LEDs to meet the performance and functional requirements for applications that include cellular phones, full color displays, traffic signals , automobiles and general lighting. Toyoda Gosei is headquartered in Aichi, Japan, wi Th 45 facilities in 16 countries. Please visit for more information.
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