April 7, 2006... Tokyo, Japan--Nichia Corporation announced today that it reached an agreement with Epistar Corporation to amicably settle the current IP litigations between the companies in Korea and Japan (Nichia v. E&E Japan in Tokyo District Court). Acknowledging Epistars promise that it will respect Nichias IP rights and putting an emphasis on Epistars merger with United Epitaxy Co., which has maintained a good business relationship with Nichia for years.Nichia decided to settle all pending IP litigations between the companies. No further details Of the settlement are disclosed.
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Masayuki Kinoshita
Business Planning, Nichia Corporation
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