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8 December 2020PatentsMuireann Bolger

Fed Circ orders Hamamatsu to transfer 'black silicon' patents to SiOnyx

Japanese manufacturer  Hamamatsu must transfer its foreign patents for “black silicon” technology to its competitor,  SiOnyx, the  US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled.

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