US Court Jury Awards Samsung $118 Million For Infringing Netlist Patents
US Court Jury Awards Samsung $118 Million For Infringing Netlist Patents
It also stated that the Korean tech giant's violation was willful, which could lead to increasing the award by up to three times
The US District Court in Marshall, Texas has ordered Samsung Electronics to pay memory subsystems company Netlist $118 million in damages for infringing its patents.
The Irvine, California-based company sued Samsung in 2022 over technology for improving data processing in high-performance memory products. It alleged that the modules used in cloud computing servers and other data-intensive technology infringed its patents.
Netlist added that its innovations increased power efficiency, enabling users to "derive useful information from vast amounts of data in a shorter time.”
The verdict followed a $303 million verdict against the Korean tech giant's infringement for Netlist in a related case last year.
Samsung denied the allegations, arguing that the patents were invalid and its technology worked differently than Netlist's inventions.
Samsung has also filed a related lawsuit in Delaware federal court accusing Netlist of breaking an obligation to offer fair licenses for technology required to comply with international standards.
Netlist also won $445 million from chipmaker Micron in May in a separate lawsuit over the same patents.
