After more than three years, the patent lawsuit between Ricoh and Quanta has finally reached a verdict. According to DigiTimes, a US Court in Wisconsin has ordered Quanta to pay Ricoh $14.5 million for infringing on their patents.
A US Court in Wisconsin on November 20 made a judgment that Quanta Storage, the largest Taiwan-based ODM/OEM maker of slim-type optical disc drives, should pay US$14.5 million to compensate Japan-based Ricoh for infringement of the latter's patents, according to a Quanta Storage filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange on November 23.
