Nakamura was awarded the 2006 Millennium Technology Prize for his invention. Nakamura, Hiroshi Amano and Isamu Akasaki were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for the invention of the blue LED. In 2015, a US court ruled that three companies (i.e. the litigants who had not previously settled out of court) that had licensed Mr. Nakamura's patents for production in the United States had infringed Dr. Moustakas's prior patent, and order them to pay licensing fees of not less than 13 million USD. COUNT 4
QSN1 What Nobel Prize did Nakamura, Amano, and Akasaki receive in 2014? ANS1 Physics QSN2 What award did Nakamura receive in 2006 for his invention? ANS2 Millennium Technology Prize QSN3 How many companies did a judge say infringed on Dr. Moustakas's prior blue light patent in 2015? ANS3 three QSN4 What was the fine given to the three companies? ANS4 not less than 13 million USD