1. Do you believe that Nakamura's main interest in filing the lawsuit was financial compensation? What other interests might Nakamura have had in pursuing his claim with Nichia ten years after the patents were filed? How are Nakamura's interests consistent or inconsistent with Japanese cultural values?

2. What rights arguments might Nakamura have made during the initial pre-suit negotiations with Nichia? What are these cultural rights arguments like?

3. What power options did Nakamura have in his dispute with Nichia? What are these cultural strategic options like?

4. What were Nichia's positions and interests in this negotiation with Nakamura?