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Samsung finds itself embroiled in an OLED patent infringement lawsuit
A couple of Samsung Group subsidiaries including Samsung Electronics and Samsung Display found themselves embroiled in a new patent infringement lawsuit. The complaint was filed by Japanese OLED display maker JOLED at the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. JOLED seeks remedies including damages and an accounting from Samsung Electronics, Samsung Display, […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 4 years ago
Samsung remains the top patent filer in the US for the second year
Tech companies work on products that they may or may not release many years down the line. What's more important for them is to obtain patents on their inventions so that they're covered in the event they ever decide to launch a new product. Samsung files for and is granted thousands of patents every year […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 4 years ago
Samsung loses another patent battle; asked to pay $400 million in damages
Adding to Samsung’s mounting defeats in patent disputes, a federal jury in Texas, USA, has found Samsung guilty of infringing a patent owned by the licensing arm of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, a premier research university in South Korea. The jury has asked Samsung to cough up $400 million in damages […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Apple seeks $1 billion in damages from Samsung in patent retrial
As we reported earlier this week, the Apple v. Samsung patent infringement case is undergoing a retrial. The case is about Samsung infringing on three design and two utility patents owned by Apple. The retrial is not about whether Samsung is guilty of infringement or not, but what the damages should be. Samsung is hoping […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Samsung suffers a loss in China patent lawsuit against Huawei
You've all heard of Samsung's legal battles with Apple. The company has also been fighting with Chinese behemoth Huawei in court for over a year now. Huawei accused Samsung of patent infringement back in 2016, it claimed that Samsung had used its 4G communications technology, user interface software, and operating systems in its smartphones without […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 6 years ago
Apple and Samsung to return to the courtroom for a patent damages retrial
Judge Lucy Koh of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California determined on Sunday that Apple and Samsung will return to the courtroom to battle a retrial of their famous design patent damages case, which is exactly what the South Korean company has been fighting for. Samsung had originally, as noted […]
- By Josh L.
- 7 years ago
Samsung has the 2nd highest number of patent registrations in the US
Tech companies are quick to patent their innovations even if they have no intention of bringing them to market at any point in the near future. Patenting the innovations gives them peace of mind. They protect their intellectual property while trying to prevent competitors from encroaching into their space. Major tech companies like Google, Facebook, […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
Samsung inks Android patent licensing agreements with Google, LG and HTC
In pursuit of patent peace which Google says coincides with innovation and healthy competition which benefits consumers, the company has launched a new patent licensing initiative called PAX. As a member of PAX, Samsung has signed patent licensing agreements with other members which include Google, LG, HTC, Foxconn, HMD Global, Coolpad, BQ and Allview. All […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
Samsung sued by Technicolor over alleged patent infringement
Samsung has been hit with another patent infringement lawsuit but it's not Apple on the other side this time around, it's France's Technicolor. The media and entertainment technology leader has filed several patent infringement lawsuits against Samsung Electronics in Germany and France. The lawsuits concern several Samsung products including mobile phones and televisions. The French […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
Apple vs Samsung patent case reopened by US appeals court
Samsung scored a major legal victory last year when the United States Supreme Court ruled that the company can't be forced to fork over all of the profits from a device found to be infringing on design patents when it may only be infringing on some and not all components. The case was sent back […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
Samsung boss shores up alliance with Zeiss for advanced chip manufacturing
Samsung Electronics is shoring up its ties with Zeiss, the only supplier of optical systems to EUV chipmaking machine manufacturer ASML, in a bid to strength its next-gen chip manufacturing capabilities. The company's executive vice chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Karl Lamprecht, CEO of Zeiss, during a visit to Zeiss headquarters in Oberkochen, Germany. The […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 4 days ago
Top-level visits underway as Samsung seeks turnaround in China
China is an important market and while Samsung once enjoyed a considerable share in the country's smartphone market, it has since fallen to 0%. The company needs to do a lot more than just launch basic phones to revive its fortunes in the lucrative market. Samsung has set up a dedicated team to pursue a […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 days ago
iPhones surpass Samsung smartphone sales in Europe after two years
Apple has been eating away at Samsung's smartphone sales over the past few years. For the first time last year, Apple sold more smartphones globally than Samsung. Even in Europe, which was usually considered Samsung's bastion, Apple became the number one smartphone brand in the final quarter of last year. Apple surpassed Samsung smartphone shipments […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 2 months ago
Next Nintendo Switch could use Samsung’s OLED screen
Recently, it was revealed the Steam Deck OLED portable gaming device uses Samsung Display's OLED panel. Now, it is reported that the next-generation Nintendo Switch could use an OLED panel from Samsung Display as well, and the move could be due to patent infringement issues that BOE is embroiled into. Nintendo is reportedly in talks […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 5 months ago
Samsung Electronics severs ties with panel supplier BOE
Samsung Electronics has reportedly excluded BOE from its supply chain. BOE, a display manufacturer based in China and LCD supplier to Samsung, supplied 10% of the Korean tech giant's TV panels in Q1 2023. However, in Q3 2023, Samsung's Device eXperience (DX) division excluded BOE from its supply chain for TV and monitor panels. Furthermore, […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 6 months ago
