The legal battles between the companies began in November 2004 when Toshiba, which is based in Tokyo, sued Hynix, based in Ichon, South Korea, after the companies failed to extend a licensing agreement.
The results of the last ten days have extended a license to experiment that was in danger of being revoked when New York was still winless.
PROTEIN DESIGN LABS INC., -- Fremont, Calif., whose technology is used to make medicines, said it had extended a licensing agreement with Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, Calif., the drug maker, by five years.
Today Flinland's Nokia announced that it has extended a patent license agreement with the Korean handset giant for another five years, and that the two had entered into binding arbitration to settle additional compensation related to this, expected to be concluded in 2015.
Last year, for example, Samsung and Nokia extended a patent licensing agreement for an additional five years, while Apple and HTC also announced a 10-year licensing deal in 2012.
Hard drive maker Western Digital climbed 8.3% to $69.15 after it extended a patent licensing deal with Samsung.
A little over a month ago, Indonesia's Environment and Forestry Ministry sought to extend a moratorium on issuing new licenses for using forest and peatland in the country for two years.
BORGWARNER INC., Chicago, a maker of engine turbochargers, said it would pay $29.1 million to Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, N.J., the diversified technology company, to extend until 2006 a license on technology that increases the power of diesel engines.
Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo filed legal papers yesterday challenging the standards used by federal authorities to determine whether to extend the license of a nuclear reactor.
WHITE PLAINS, Dec. 3 — Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo said on Monday that the state had asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to deny an application to extend the license of the Indian Point nuclear reactors, citing "a long and troubling history of problems".
He announced that the state had asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to deny an application to extend the license of the Indian Point plant.
