ITC Rules in Favor of Finnegan Clients Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Mitsubishi Power Systems America, Inc.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 12, 2010

ITC Rules in Favor of Finnegan Clients Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Mitsubishi Power Systems America, Inc.

WASHINGTON, DC - Last Friday, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled in favor of firm clients Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Mitsubishi Power Systems America, Inc., terminating a Section 337 investigation instituted March 31, 2008 based on a General Electric complaint alleging patent infringement by Mitsubishi’s 2.4 Megawatt variable speed wind turbines.  The Commission ruling of no violation overturned an earlier finding by an ITC administrative law judge that two of GE’s patents had been violated.   The result of the ruling means that Mitsubishi remains free to import and sell its wind turbines in the U.S. market.

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