Shulin Dist., New Taipei City– April. 28, 2025– Regarding the Nichia’s press released on April 22 about the German lawsuit, the damage dispute is an extension of the patent litigation between Everlight and Nichia in Germany from 2012 to 2017. Everlight believes that it will eventually receive a favorable judgment in this procedure. Nichia’s European YAG patent EP936682 (German YAG patent DE69702929) expired on July 29, 2017 and has no impact on the existing products of Everlight and its German subsidiary.

Everlight has filed invalidation trial procedures against Nichia ‘s YAG patents in United States, Australia, China and Taiwan. Everlight has received these winning judgements:

1. Supreme Court of the United States has decided that the asserted claims of Nichia’s US YAG patents US5,998,925 and US7,531,960 are invalid.

2. High Court of Australia has decided that the asserted claims of Nichia’s Australia patent 720234 are invalid.

3. China Supreme People’s Court has decided that Nichia’s China YAG patent CN200610095837.4 is invalid.

4. Taiwan Supreme Administrative Court has decided that Nichia’s Taiwan YAG patent TW383508 is invalid.

EVERLIGHT always respects intellectual property rights and is committed to protecting its own technological innovations and defending the rights of its customers and shareholders through legal means. The company will continue to monitor global patent trends to ensure steady development in a fair and competitive market environment