The judgment of the court in Tokyo has mediated in this litigation leaves no doubt: Nikon Sigma must compensate with an amount close to $ 15 million for infringing a patent of the latter company associated reduction technology vibrations of its objectives.
Nikon handled the complaint after Sigma hurl six goals stabilization that seemed to violate some of the clauses of the patent of his VR technology . Of course, the leaders of Sigma denied having copied Nikon technology, which has prolonged the conflict for the past three years.