TOKYO -- Nippon Steel's patent infringement lawsuits against Toyota Motor and China's Baoshan Iron & Steel are an extremely rare case of a Japanese materials company taking one of its principal domestic customers to court.
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A Nippon Steel plant in Kure, Hiroshima. (Photo by Mao Kawano)
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