The Japanese physicist Shuji Nakamura has lost his court case with the LED company Nichia Corporation over rights to his invention of the blue-light emitting diode and blue semiconductor laser. The Tokyo District Court has ruled that Nakamura does not own the patent to a semiconductor manufacturing process that he developed while working for Nichia. However, the court recognizes that Nakamura is entitled to a reward for the patent, and is now deciding how much he should receive.
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