FWIW,
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2000--
Case Has Potential to Be Largest in Patent History
Plasma Physics Corporation and Solar Physics Corporation, headquartered in Nassau County, New York, filed a patent infringement suit last week against major Japanese and Korean companies, charging infringement of patents covering production of semiconductor chips, as well as technology used in producing flat-panel computer and television displays.
The suit, filed on December 28, 1999, in the Eastern District of New York (Civil Action No. 99-8593), has been assigned to Judge Arthur D. Spatt in the Uniondale Courthouse. Defendants include Fujitsu Limited; Hitachi Ltd.; Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.; LG Electronics, Inc.; Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; Advanced Display, Inc.; NEC Corporation; Oki Electric Industry Company, Ltd.; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Sharp Corporation; Sony Corporation; Toshiba Corporation and Display Technologies, Inc.; and certain of their United States subsidiaries.
JF |
