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Nidec Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.

Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:30am EDT
 
KYOTO, Japan, July 30, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Nidec Corporation ("Nidec")
(NYSE:NJ) today announced that it has filed lawsuits in the Osaka District Court
on July 30, 2008 against Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. ("SEMCO"), an
electronic components manufacturer based in Korea, for infringement of three
Japanese patents (No. 3344913, 3502266, 3688015) regarding Nidec's spindle
motors mainly used for CD/DVD drives.

Nidec has confirmed that certain disk drives currently sold in Japan use SEMCO's
infringing spindle motors and requests injunctions to preclude SEMCO from
marketing such motors in the Japanese market.

Nidec respects intellectual property rights of others and expects others to do
likewise.

The Nidec Corporation logo is available at
http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=1734

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CONTACT:  Nidec Corporation
          Investor Relations
          Masahiro Nagayasu, General Manager
          +81-75-935-6140
          ir@jp.nidec.com



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