Nitride Semiconductors settles UV-LED patent litigation against Digi-Key

Japan’s Nitride Semiconductors Co Ltd (which was spun off from Tokushima University in 2000) has entered into a settlement with global electrical components distributor Digi-Key Corp. Nitride filed the patent litigation against Digi-Key in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota, asserting infringement of its ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV-LED) patent...