July 25, 2019
Harvard University-backed SiOnyx LLC on Thursday won ownership of nine patents based on "black silicon" technology it created, but lost its bid to get attorney fees and an extra $3 million from the Japanese company that beat it to the patent office.
June 21, 2019
Japanese optics maker Hamamatsu is attempting to dismantle efforts by a Harvard-backed company to add $3 million on top of a $1.4 million jury verdict finding it stole "black silicon" technology created by a Harvard professor, saying the extra damages are based on nothing — literally.
June 07, 2019
Japanese optical device maker Hamamatsu should pay more than $3 million in patent infringement damages, interest and attorney fees for stealing "black silicon" technology created by a Harvard professor, in addition to the jury's $1.4 million verdict, a Harvard-backed company told the Massachusetts federal court.
May 09, 2019
A Massachusetts federal jury found Thursday that Japanese optical device maker Hamamatsu ripped off patented "black silicon" technology created by a Harvard professor after agreeing not to publicly reveal the technology, and awarded the professor's company SiOnyx nearly $1.4 million.