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Court Settlement of Pump Laser Diode Module Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Alleged by Furukawa Electric
On June 30, 2005, Anritsu Corporation and its
subsidiary Anritsu Devices Co., Ltd. (collectively, "Anritsu") and The
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. ("Furukawa Electric") settled a pump laser diode
module patent infringement lawsuit dispute, in accordance with a
recommendation for settlement by the Tokyo District Court. Although pursuant
to the conditions the settlement details is confidential, it is definite
Anritsu's customers are able to continue purchasing and using Anritsu's
highly reliable, high power pump laser diode modules.
Background
On December 24, 2003, Furukawa Electric filed a suit
in the Tokyo District Court (No. 29331 at the Tokyo District Court in 2003)
alleging that 1480nm pump laser diode modules for excitation source
manufactured by Anritsu infringed a patent owned by Furukawa Electric (JP
2898643). For the past year and a half, Anritsu has consistently argued that
the patent is invalid, and denied liability of Anritsu's products for patent
infringement in the court. Both parties reached agreement on accepting a
recommendation by the Tokyo District Court to settle the dispute. |
