Netlist wins US$118 million in second Samsung patent ruling
Netlist Inc. (Irvine, Calif.) has won a US$118 million damages award against Samsung for the infringements of patents in DDR4 memory modules.
The award is a second patent infringement win for Netlist against Samsung. These together with a win against Micron Technology Inc. bring the total damages awarded to Netlist to US$866 million.
The latest award was made the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas as the result of a jury trial which involved three Netlist patents: US Patent Nos. 7,619,912, 11,093,417 and 10,268,608.
The infringing products were all Samsung DDR4 RDIMMs and DDR4 LRDIMMs. Netlist filed the complaint against Samsung in August 2022. The federal jury’s unanimous verdict confirmed that all three Netlist patents had been infringed by Samsung, that the three patents were valid and that Samsung wilfully infringed those patents.
“In the past 19 months three separate juries have awarded Netlist $866 million in damages for the wilful infringement of our patents. These verdicts are among the largest in the semiconductor industry during this period and highlight the tremendous value of our intellectual property,” said C K Hong, CEO of Netlist, in a statement.
In April 2023, Netlist won a US$303 million damages award against Samsung, and in May 2024, Netlist won a $445 million damages award against Micron, which could be tripled up for wilful infringement. Micron has said it will appeal that award.
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