News Release

Notice of Patent Infringement Lawsuit against FEI Japan

On July 29, 2010, Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TOKYO:8036, Hitachi High-Tech) filed for damages against FEI Japan in the Tokyo District Court, charging infringement related to focused ion beam technology patents held by Hitachi High-Tech.

With respect to Japan FEI, Hitachi High-Tech has filed for an injunction in the Tokyo District Court that will prohibit the production and sale in Japan of the alleged infringing products.^*

• ^* Notice of Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against FEI Japan (PDF format, 336KB)

Reference

• Notice Regarding Injunction against the Import of FIB/SEM Equipment from FEI Company (News release on June 30, 2010) (PDF format, 45kBytes)

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