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Nobel winner Nakamura extends olive branch to former employer Nichia

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, one of the three Japan-born scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, smiles during a press conference in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 3, 2014. The 60-year-old professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said he wants to rebuild ties with former employer Nichia Corp., despite launching a lawsuit against the chemical maker over patent rights to his groundbreaking blue light-emitting diode technology. "My Nobel Prize was made possible because Nichia led the world in LEDs," Nakamura said.

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Nobel winner Nakamura extends olive branch to former employer Nichia

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, one of the three Japan-born scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, holds a press conference in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 3, 2014. The 60-year-old professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said he wants to rebuild ties with former employer Nichia Corp., despite launching a lawsuit against the chemical maker over patent rights to his groundbreaking blue light-emitting diode technology. "My Nobel Prize was made possible because Nichia led the world in LEDs," Nakamura said.

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Blue diode inventor dissatisfied with patent dispute settlement

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, inventor of the blue-light emitting diode, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 12, one day after he and Nichia Corp., his former employer, resolved their dispute over the patent for the blue diode through mediation by the Tokyo High Court. Nakamura said he had been forced to reach the settlement by the court, adding Japan's judicial system is corrupt.

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Nichia, Nakamura settle high-profile suit on blue LED patent

TOKYO, Japan - Hidetsohi Masunaga, a lawyer for Shuji Nakamura who developed the blue light-emitting diode (LED), speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 11 after Nakamura and Nichia Corp. reached a settlement on their dispute over the patent for the diode.

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(3)Nichia ordered to pay 20 bil. yen to inventor for LED patent

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, who developed the blue light-emitting diode (LED), smiles Jan. 30 during a news conference in Tokyo after the Tokyo District Court ordered Nichia Corp. to pay him 20 billion yen for his transfer of patent rights to the company.

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(2)Nichia ordered to pay 20 bil. yen to inventor for LED patent

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, who developed the blue light-emitting diode (LED), is surrounded by reporters in front of the Tokyo District Court in central Tokyo after the court ordered Nichia Corp. to pay him 20 billion yen for his transfer of patent rights to the company.

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(1)Nichia ordered to pay 20 bil. yen to inventor for LED patent

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, who developed the blue light-emitting diode (LED), smiles in front of the Tokyo District Court in central Tokyo on Jan. 30 after the court ordered Nichia Corp. to pay him 20 billion yen for his transfer of patent rights to the company.

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(2)Court denies professor's claim to patent for landmark invention

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura (L), a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, speaks at a news conference Sept. 19 after the Tokyo District Court acknowledged Nichia Corp.'s ownership of the patent for a key semiconductor device, rejecting a suit filed by him, the inventor of the blue-color light-emitting diode (LED).

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Blue-color LED developer sues company for patent, reward

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Shuji Nakamura (file photo), developer of the blue-color light-emitting diode (LED), filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court on Aug. 23, demanding 2 billion yen and recognition that the semiconductor patent belongs to him. Nakamura, professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, sued Nichia Corp., where he worked as an engineer until 1999, saying the company made unreasonable profits through its exclusive use of the blue-color LED patent.

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Nichia, Nakamura settle high-profile suit on blue LED patent

TOKYO, Japan - Hidetsohi Masunaga, a lawyer for Shuji Nakamura who developed the blue light-emitting diode (LED), speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 11 after Nakamura and Nichia Corp. reached a settlement on their dispute over the patent for the diode. (Kyodo)

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Blue diode inventor dissatisfied with patent dispute settlement

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, inventor of the blue-light emitting diode, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 12, one day after he and Nichia Corp., his former employer, resolved their dispute over the patent for the blue diode through mediation by the Tokyo High Court. Nakamura said he had been forced to reach the settlement by the court, adding Japan's judicial system is corrupt. (Kyodo)

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(2)Court denies professor's claim to patent for landmark inventi

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura (L), a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, speaks at a news conference Sept. 19 after the Tokyo District Court acknowledged Nichia Corp.'s ownership of the patent for a key semiconductor device, rejecting a suit filed by him, the inventor of the blue-color light-emitting diode (LED). (Kyodo)

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Vegetable 'factories' grow in number to secure stable supplies

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Nichia Steel Works Ltd., an iron and steel secondary products manufacturer, operates a ''vegetable factory'' in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 22. (Kyodo)

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Nobel winner Nakamura extends olive branch to former employer Nichia

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, one of the three Japan-born scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, holds a press conference in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 3, 2014. The 60-year-old professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said he wants to rebuild ties with former employer Nichia Corp., despite launching a lawsuit against the chemical maker over patent rights to his groundbreaking blue light-emitting diode technology. "My Nobel Prize was made possible because Nichia led the world in LEDs," Nakamura said. (Kyodo)

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(2)Nichia ordered to pay 20 bil. yen to inventor for LED patent

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, who developed the blue light-emitting diode (LED), is surrounded by reporters in front of the Tokyo District Court in central Tokyo after the court ordered Nichia Corp. to pay him 20 billion yen for his transfer of patent rights to the company. (Kyodo)

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(1)Nichia ordered to pay 20 bil. yen to inventor for LED patent

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, who developed the blue light-emitting diode (LED), smiles in front of the Tokyo District Court in central Tokyo on Jan. 30 after the court ordered Nichia Corp. to pay him 20 billion yen for his transfer of patent rights to the company. (Kyodo)

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(3)Nichia ordered to pay 20 bil. yen to inventor for LED patent

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, who developed the blue light-emitting diode (LED), smiles Jan. 30 during a news conference in Tokyo after the Tokyo District Court ordered Nichia Corp. to pay him 20 billion yen for his transfer of patent rights to the company. (Kyodo)

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Blue-color LED developer sues company for patent, reward

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Shuji Nakamura (file photo), developer of the blue-color light-emitting diode (LED), filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court on Aug. 23, demanding 2 billion yen and recognition that the semiconductor patent belongs to him. Nakamura, professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, sued Nichia Corp., where he worked as an engineer until 1999, saying the company made unreasonable profits through its exclusive use of the blue-color LED patent.