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 enhancing knowledge processing in high-performance reminiscence merchandise.
The verdict follows a $303 million verdict towards Samsung for Irvine, California-based Netlist in a associated case final 12 months.
Netlist additionally gained $445 million from chipmaker Micron in May 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 choose rising the award by as much as thrice.
Netlist sued Samsung in 2022, alleging that the Korean tech large’s reminiscence modules utilized in cloud computing servers and different data-intensive know-how infringed its patents. Netlist mentioned its improvements enhance the ability effectivity of reminiscence modules and allow customers to “derive useful information from vast amounts of data in a shorter period.”
Samsung denied the allegations, arguing that the patents have been invalid and that its know-how labored otherwise than Netlist’s innovations.
Samsung has additionally filed a associated lawsuit in Delaware federal court docket accusing Netlist of breaking an obligation to supply truthful licenses for know-how required to adjust to worldwide requirements.
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