Patent Mistake Kills $1.8B Suit Against Nikon

By Django Gold ( April 4, 2012, 7:20 PM EDT) -- Nikon Corp. on Tuesday evaded potential damages of $1. 8 billion when a New York federal judge determined that Anvik Corp. microlithography patents Nikon allegedly infringed were invalid due to their inventor's failure to disclose how the inventions should best be applied. . . .

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