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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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.

Goldwind, a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer, has launched a new permanent magnet direct-drive (PMDD) wind turbine designed for ultra-low wind speeds, areas where the annual average wind speed is less than 6.5 m/s.It has worked to develop a range of custom wind turbines for use in a diverse number of operating environments.