Toshiba settles with flash memory inventor over patent

Toshiba settles with flash memory inventor over patent

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Masuoka (L) speaks to the press on July 27 after reaching a settlement with Electronics giant Toshiba Corp. at the Tokyo District Court to receive 87 million yen. The engineer, who became a professor at Tohoku University after leaving Toshiba, had sought some 1 billion yen from the royalties made from patents on his flash memory inventions.

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