Highlights this week:

• Top news this week, IKEA recalls LED PATRULL Nightlight after an electric shock involving an Austrian boy was reported.
• Apple is coming up with new sapphire applications in its new sapphire antenna patent.
• Go Scale Capital is heavily borrowing from Chinese banks in its acquisition of Lumileds, a Reuters Chinese report records where each fund is coming from.
• Chinese courts invalidate a Cree patent in its suit against Harvatek.
• Will Soraa three-phosphor violet pump LED prevail and take over blue LEDs in the future? Find out in the article below.
• A suspected Hong Kong blogger turns eyes with her improvised LED outfit.

Editor Recommendations

1. Hot Designer Rocks Smart LED Miniskirt and Platform High Heels
2. Apple Granted New Sapphire Antenna Patent
3. Purple LEDs to Replace Blue LEDs?
4. LG Display to Focus on OLED Technology to Stay Ahead of Chinese Competitors
5. Reuters Breaks Down Go Scale Capital’s Loan for Acquiring Lumileds
6. Chinese Court Invalidates Cree LED Patent in Harvatek Lawsuit
7. Bree Optronics: Only Two Phosphor Companies Will Remain in the Chinese Market in the Future
8. IKEA Recalls LED PATRULL Nightlight Over Shock Risks

What’s Trending

1. KAIST Develops Fiber-Like LEDs for Wearable Displays
2. Oregon State University Develops Less Toxic Quantum Dot
3. Graphene Characterization at CPI
4. Stanford Scientists Use Blue LED Implant to Mind Control Mouse
5. Rugters University Turns to Simpler Materials to Make White LEDs

Government projects

• DOE Announces FY 2016 SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunity

Industry News

1. Leyard Acquires Planar for US $156.8 M
2. San’an Opto’s Net Profit Reaches 1.04M During First Half of 2015
3. IES Reveals New Method for Evaluating Color Rendition
4. Markets and Markets: Smart Lighting Market worth US $8.14 B by 2020
5. Scotland Estimated to Save Millions of Pounds Annually Through LED Streetlight Upgrade
6. Qualcomm Completes US $2.4 Billion Acquisition of CSR
7. CSR and SK Telecom Launches Smart Lighting Beacon with CSRmesh®
8. Not All Large Lighting Brands Pass Hong Kong Consumer Council LED Bulb Tests
9. Illumitex Supplies LED Grow Lights to Penn State University for Agricultural Research
10. Keeping Cars in Sight with Laser and IR LED Technology
11. Illumitex Helps Customers Tap into $50M USDA Grant Fund
12. NCTU Researchers Develop Bendable LEDs that Matches OLED
13. Allianz Arena Lit with LEDs for Upcoming FC Bayern Munich
14. LIGHTFAIR® International 2017 to Take Place in Philadelphia
15. Curtis Stout to Help Orion Increase Market Presence in Mid-South U.S.
16. Lighting Science Appoints Jeff Campbell Senior Director of Product Management

New Products

1. Osram Releases New Color-beautify LEDs with Higher Efficacy
2. Orion Launches High Lumen LED Retrofit for Public Lighting Solutions
3. Griplock® Systems Introduces New Ultra-Thin Cable Suspension System
4. Luminis Unveils Performance Improved LED Luminaires
5. Hubbell's Distributed Lighting Controls System Allows Cross Devices Communications
6. LA's Summer Concert Lit with LED Lighting Truss
7. Diodes Incorporated's New Driver Provides Cost-effective Solutions for Retrofit LED Lamps
8. Lunera Lighting Ships Its One-Millionth Retrofit LED Lamp

Innovative Applications

• BMW Concept M4 GTS Uses OLED Reer Lights

Lighting Projects

1. GE Shines a Light on Torbay Streetlighting
2. UK Council Awards Skanska LED Lighting Project worth US $ 63.89 M
3. Dubai-based Company Rethinks the Combination of Natural Light and LED Lighting System
4. GlacialTech Releases New Heatsink for Outdoor Flood Lights
5. U.S. Historic City Relit with LED Retrofit Luminaires
6. Philips Transforms Longtime Rock Band's Concert into Electrifying Light Show