FILE PHOTO: Signify logo is pictured at the headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands August 30, 2018. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File photo
(Corrects to say the court order was to distributor Conrad Electric, not to Signify)
SEOUL (Reuters) -A German court has ordered the recall and destruction of some products from lighting maker Signify that infringed on the patents of Seoul Semiconductor, the South Korean firm said on Thursday.
The court in Dusseldorf ordered distributor Conrad Electronic to take the actions and said there would be a fine of up to 250,000 euros ($259,925) for each violation of its order, Seoul Semiconductor said in a statement.
Netherlands-based Signify - the world's biggest lighting maker which was spun off from Philips in 2016 - did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Seoul Semiconductor, which has sued multinational companies over patents, said it uses about 10% of its revenue in research and development and holds more than 18,000 patents in light-emitting diode technology.
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(Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
