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Court Rules Company Owns Blue LED Patent

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TOKYO, Sept. 23 -- A company that employed the inventor of the lucrative blue light-emitting diode (LED) is the rightful owner of its patent, a Tokyo court decided last week. The Associated Press (AP) reported Thursday that Shuji Nakamura, now a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, sued Nichia Corp. for 2 billion yen ($16 million), saying he was not sufficiently compensated for the profit his invention brought the company. However, the Tokyo District Court confirmed that Nichia is the rightful owner of the patent. The broader ruling on whether he can claim any portion of...Read full article

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