1. Both defendants pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to extort and conspiring to extort by means of threats.
2. Patent owners can receive compensation and squeeze defendants out of the market, or at least charge the defendant for patent fees.
3. The indictment said the defendants had collected geographical data indicating thousands of people would be killed in the chemical blast.
4. The company later settled a lawsuit naming it, several subsidiaries and Chief Executive Don Blankenship as defendants.
5. The claims have caused great concern among Chinese printer makers, as half of the defendants are major Chinese producers and their subordinate trading firms overseas.
6. " This action arises out of the efforts by defendants to bleed additional funds from plaintiff, " the complaint said.
7. Bush's measure would let coerced testimony be presented at terrorism trials but would deny defendants access to classified evidence in them.
8. The facts of the two defendants'crime are clear, and the evidence is irrefutable and substantial.
9. The civil plaintiffs asked for compensation from the defendants while the defendants demanded an adequate amount of time to study the case.
10. The defendants did not comment on the sentences and didn't say whether they would appeal.