Court Rules Company Owns Blue LED Patent
Sep 23, 2002 — 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...