Although patents can be an indication of a competitive moat for a company, I generally discount placing too much importance on them. Today's patent protection can be tomorrow's mark of obsolescence.

Color Kinetics Inc. has added a pair of patents to its growing portfolio surrounding LED lighting technology. Color Kinetics Inc. has added a pair of patents to its growing portfolio surrounding LED ...

May 26, 2005 Solid-state lighting pioneer Color Kinetics has been granted two new U.S. patents relating to LED-based illumination systems designed to generate colour-changing LED-based light sources ...

Dynamic lighting hot-shots Color Kinetics are picked to join Lumileds and TIR Systems on the Philips team, opening up a bright future for its award-winning lighting systems. Dutch lighting giant ...