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Canon to compensate inventor The Tokyo District Court on Jan. 30 ordered Canon Inc. to pay ¥33.52 million to a former Canon researcher who said he had invented a technology to prevent the deterioration of the quality in images produced by laser beam printers. In a suit over the patented technology of the computer printer and camera manufacturer, the plaintiff has demanded Canon pay ¥1 billion to compensate him for the invention of the technology to remove "ghost images" resulting from the diffusion reflections of laser beams that undermine the quality of images produced by laser printers. The plaintiff worked at Canon from 1968 through 2002. The invention was first patented by Canon in Japan in 1993. The intellectual property was recognized as patents in the United States and Germany later.
The Japan Times Weekly: Feb. 3, 2007 |
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