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Litigation

May 15, 2012

Jury awards $124 million in breach of contract trial against Mitsubishi

A state court jury in San Jose has ordered Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA Inc. to pay nearly $124 million to Grail Semiconductor Inc. for breach of contract .


By Robert Pierce


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A state court jury in San Jose has ordered Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA Inc. to pay nearly $124 million to Grail Semiconductor Inc. for breach of contract.


The lawsuit stems from a 2001 meeting between Grail's chief executive officer and Mitsubishi in which Grail disclosed technology involved in computer memory chips. Mitsubishi then gave that information to an affiliate company, Mi...

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