Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that firm client Nikko Materials USA, Inc. was awarded more than $4.3 million in damages, attorneys fees, and other costs in its patent infringement case against R.E. Service Co., Inc. (RES). The award was granted on January 17, 2006, following a two-week trial in early 2005 in which a Northern California jury unanimously found that RES had willfully infringed Nikko's patents. "This is a great Nikko success story," said Robert M. Isackson, an intellectual property partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in New York, who was Nikko's lead outside counsel on the case. "This case demonstrates that Nikko values its intellectual property investments and has the courage to protect that technology and its business."

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