Mitsubishi Heavy Files Suits Against GE

Reuters - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd said on Monday a U.S. District Court has denied a motion by General Electric Co to dismiss litigation that charges GE with trying to monopolize the U.S. market for variable speed wind turbines.

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By Diane BartzWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House announced steps on Thursday designed to reduce frivolous patent lawsuits by trying to make it easier to identify who owns patents and by updating review processes to ensure that fewer weak patents are granted.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi Ltd are to combine their thermal power businesses to compete against overseas rivals Siemens and General Electric , which are winning deals even in the Japanese ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi Ltd are to combine their thermal power businesses to compete against overseas rivals Siemens and General Electric , which are winning deals even in the Japanese firms' backyard.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, a Japanese industrial giant that makes submarines, missiles and components for nuclear power plants, has suffered a major hacker attack, Reuters reports, citing the Yomiuri newspaper. According to the Japanese newspaper, information was stolen from the company?s computers in the attack. Mitsubishi Heavy has confirmed the attack, but said it is still ...

Dolby Laboratories said Wednesday it has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Research In Motion in the United States and Germany and is seeking to halt sales of devices made by the Blackberry maker."Litigation was regrettably our last resort after RIM declined to pay for the use of Dolby's technology," Dolby general counsel Andy Sherman said in a statement. "We have a duty to protect our intellectual property."Dolby said the lawsuits concern Dolby patents covering digital audio compression technologies.