Nvidia and Samsung Settle Patent Litigation
May 02 2016 - 12:10PM
Dow Jones News
Nvidia Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. agreed to settle
competing patent lawsuits between the two companies, Nvidia said
Monday.
In the fall of 2014, Nvidia and Samsung filed lawsuits against
each other alleging patent infringement and other misconduct.
Nvidia filed suit against Samsung over the use of infringing
patents that cover graphics chips. In its own complaint, Samsung
alleged that Nvidia infringed upon six patents while falsely
advertising that one of its processors was the world's fastest
mobile processor, according to Nvidia's regulatory filing at the
time.
The agreement will lead to the dismissal of all pending
intellectual property lawsuits in U.S. courts, the U.S.
International Trade Commission and the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office between the companies. Nvidia had tried to block imports of
many of Samsung's best known smartphones.
The settlement includes the cross-licensing of a "small number"
of patents but doesn't include a broad patent-portfolio
cross-licensing deal or other compensation. Further settlement
details aren't being disclosed.
Samsung didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Write to Austen Hufford at austen.hufford@wsj.com
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May 02, 2016 11:55 ET (15:55 GMT)
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