Applied Materials won an important victory against Oerlikon Corp in European patent court on Tuesday. The court revoked a patent that had been issued to a Swiss university and licensed to Oerlikon. Applied Materials had been accused of violating the patent with its Sun-Fab thin film manufacturing process.

However, according to Reuters,  Applied Materials has not seen the last of Oerlikon (or its lawyers):

"This is not a final decision yet," said an Oerlikon … Read the rest