Samsung to pay $118M for patent violations
A US jury has ruled against Samsung Electronics, ordering the tech giant to pay $118M to Netlist over patent infringements in memory technology.
A Texas federal jury has ordered Samsung Electronics to pay $118M to Netlist, a US-based computer memory company, for patent infringement. The case centers on Netlist’s patented technology that boosts power efficiency and accelerates data processing in high-performance memory products used in cloud computing and data-intensive systems.
This ruling marks another major win for Netlist, which previously secured a $303M verdict against Samsung last year and $445M against Micron in May. The jury also determined Samsung’s actions were willful, leaving open the possibility of higher penalties.
Samsung denies the claims, asserting that the patents are invalid and that its technology operates differently from Netlist’s. Meanwhile, the legal battle continues with Samsung filing a countersuit in US, Delaware, accusing Netlist of failing to license the patents on fair terms.
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