Tokyo court rejects inventor pay claim tied to Murata's 4.3bn yen IP transfer
By Toko Sekiguchi ( September 10, 2026, 08:02 GMT | Insight) -- A former employee whose patents were among intellectual property transferred within Japanese electronics group Murata for 4.3 billion yen ($28 million) was not entitled to a share of that value, a Tokyo court has ruled.A former employee whose patents were among intellectual property transferred within Japanese electronics group Murata for 4.3 billion yen ($28 million) was not entitled to a share of that value, a Tokyo court has ruled....
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