Funny how people always jump to conclusions when it comes down to people enforcing their patents. My understanding of this drama is, that APA is a small taiwanese startup that was actually the first company with a RGB LED with integrated driver. There are a bunch of chinese companies that are more or less copying their products and are pushing them on the market at much lower price and more agressive marketing.
It surely looks to me as if they are using patents in their originally intended way. The downside is that they are hitting vendors with a C&D instead of going to the source. But that could rooted in the difficulties surrounding the ability of a taiwanese company to sue a china mainland one...
It surely looks to me as if they are using patents in their originally intended way. The downside is that they are hitting vendors with a C&D instead of going to the source. But that could rooted in the difficulties surrounding the ability of a taiwanese company to sue a china mainland one...