News
October 02, 2001
Judgment rendered by Tokyo High Court Substantially Invalidating Nichia Corporation's Patent (decided in Toyoda Gosei's favor)
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. ("Toyoda Gosei")(President: Mr. Takashi Matsuura) previously brought a suit before Tokyo High Court against the "Trial Decision Rejecting the Demand for Invalidation of Patent (affirming the validity of patent right)" rendered by the Japanese Patent Office concerning the following patent, which is one of the patents relating to a gallium nitride-based blue LED which Nichia Corporation owns.
Tokyo High Court (Judge Nagai as Presiding Judge) rendered today (October 2, 2001) the judgment to the effect that the JPO's Trial Decision rejecting the demand for invalidation of patent is annulled (substantially invalidating the patent) and thus, our assertions are justified.
Please note that the subject patent is the fourth one of the infringement cases filed by Nichia Corporation against Toyoda Gosei. We consider that as a result of Tokyo High Court judgment rendered this time, Nichia Corporation's claims in the above-mentioned infringement lawsuit should be dismissed immediately.
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2. Grounds for taking the action demanding the annulment of trial decision | |
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3. Judgment of Tokyo High Court | |
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