A federal jury in Marshall, Texas, awarded computer memory company Netlist $118 million in damages from Samsung Electronics on Friday, following a patent lawsuit over technology designed to enhance data processing in high-performance memory products.
This verdict comes on the heels of a $303 million verdict against Samsung in a related case last year, also involving Netlist, which is based in Irvine, California. Additionally, Netlist secured a $445 million settlement from chipmaker Micron in May, stemming from a separate lawsuit involving similar patents.
Neither Samsung nor Netlist immediately responded to requests for comment regarding the latest verdict. Notably, the jury determined that Samsung's infringement was willful, a finding that could potentially lead to a judge tripling the award.
Netlist initiated the lawsuit against Samsung in 2022, accusing the Korean tech giant of infringing its patents with memory modules used in cloud computing servers and other data-intensive technologies. Netlist claims that its innovations significantly improve the power efficiency of memory modules and allow users to process large volumes of data more quickly.
Samsung has denied the allegations, asserting that the patents in question are invalid and that its technology operates differently from Netlist's inventions. Furthermore, Samsung has filed a related lawsuit in Delaware federal court, accusing Netlist of failing to offer fair licenses for technology necessary to comply with international standards.
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