Shenzhen Yong breaking the technical barriers to trade between Europe and the United States LED

China first LED patent technology industry alliance has been set up in Shenzhen. Alliance will use the "patent pool" approach, the integration of various patents, cross licensing, licensing, joint efforts to promote LED technology research and development and patent applications, to circumvent the adverse impact of patent barriers on the industry.

Existing types of Shenzhen LED enterprise 1150, 2010 output value will exceed 40 billion yuan, the scale of the industry is still growing at an annual rate of over 30%. In the first half of 2010, China's LED products in Europe and the United States experienced frequent technical barriers to trade barriers, which makes the 90% rely on exports of the LED industry in Shenzhen is very affected. In February 9th, China produced Discovery Kids (TM) Animated Marine lamps and Safari lamps sold in the U.S. market, because of the short circuit printed circuit board, was recalled.

Insiders pointed out that in the application of LED related patents in the country, the total amount of patents in Europe and America and Japan accounted for 85% of the world to 90%, and the LED core patented technology monopoly, Chinese patent share is less than 10%, and more concentrated in the field of packaging and application in the middle and lower reaches, there is little related to core the chip and the extension of the field of patent. Many Chinese companies are facing patent lawsuits overseas, and most of them end up with compensation.

After investigation, Shenzhen more than 30% export enterprises affected by foreign technical barriers to trade, direct losses of billions of dollars, which brought the loss of the enterprise far exceeds the anti-dumping and anti subsidy tariffs and other barriers to market access.

To break the technical barriers, Europe and the United States and Japan in 2009, Shenzhen City 42 LED research on the establishment of industry standard units "alliance" in Shenzhen city LED, research, application and service of the alliance is committed to the LED standard. After the set of LED related products exhibition, international sourcing fair, LED application design and creative design exhibition communication functions in one of the LED international trading center was established in Shenzhen Huaqiang North Huaqiang electronic world, in order to promote the development of the LED industry.