Kaneka Dismisses Lawsuit Against ZMC

HOUSTON—Kaneka Corp. voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit originally filed in U.S. District Court, Los Angeles, which charged ZMC-USA LLC and Zhejiang Medicine Co. Ltd. with infringement of Kaneka’s U.S. patent (No. 7,910,340) covering production of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10). The claims were transferred to U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; after a conference on Aug. 22, the judge ordered Kaneka to withdraw letters the judge considered...