Hitachi Lacks the Force to Stop Patent Lawsuit

MARSHALL, Texas (CN) - Two researchers have a standing to go after the companies that they say infringe on their patents for diamond-like coatings, a federal judge ruled, rejecting claims that the technology belongs to the government because of contracts to study gamma-ray lasers under the Star Wars project of the 1980s. Former University of Texas at Dallas professor Carl Collins and his former UTD colleague, research...