Samsung Ordered to Pay $118 Million for Infringing Netlist Patents

A federal jury in Marshall, Texas, on Friday awarded laptop reminiscence firm Netlist $118 million in damages from Samsung Electronics in a patent lawsuit over know-how for bettering information processing in high-performance reminiscence merchandise.

The decision follows a $303 million verdict in opposition to Samsung for Irvine, California-based Netlist in a associated case final 12 months.

Netlist additionally gained $445 million from chipmaker Micron in Might in a separate lawsuit over a few of the similar patents.

Spokespeople for Samsung and Netlist didn’t instantly reply to requests for touch upon the Friday verdict. The jury additionally decided that Samsung’s infringement was willful, which may result in a decide growing the award by as much as 3 times.

Netlist sued Samsung in 2022, alleging that the Korean tech big’s reminiscence modules utilized in cloud computing servers and different data-intensive know-how infringed its patents. Netlist stated its improvements enhance the facility effectivity of reminiscence modules and allow customers to “derive helpful data from huge quantities of knowledge in a shorter interval.”

Samsung denied the allegations, arguing that the patents have been invalid and that its know-how labored in another way than Netlist’s innovations.

Samsung has additionally filed a associated lawsuit in Delaware federal courtroom accusing Netlist of breaking an obligation to supply honest licenses for know-how required to adjust to worldwide requirements.

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