Defendant

Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc.

7 cases as defendant.

Cases
7
Active
2
5 closed
Filed
2022–2024
Top venue
W.D. Texas
3 cases
Also appears as a plaintiff in 6 cases → View as plaintiff

Company profile

Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc. is a subsidiary of Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), a major American semiconductor company founded in 1978 and headquartered in Boise, Idaho. As one of the world's largest memory-chip producers, the parent company is a publicly traded firm with reported annual revenue of $37.4 billion in fiscal year 2025 and approximately 55,000 employees. Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc. is one of several entities that operate as part of the global Micron enterprise.

As an operating company, Micron designs and manufactures a broad portfolio of memory and data storage solutions. Its principal product lines include dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), NAND flash memory, and solid-state drives (SSDs). These components are essential for a wide variety of end markets, including data centers, mobile phones, consumer PCs, automotive infotainment and driver-assistance systems, and industrial applications.

The company's patent litigation posture, based on available data, is that of an operating company defending against patent assertions. It has been named as a defendant in two tracked cases and has not appeared as a plaintiff. Both of these lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, a frequent venue for patent litigation.

The two tracked cases are Palisade Technologies, LLP v. Micron Technology, Inc. et al., filed on October 16, 2024. In this litigation, Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc. was named as a co-defendant alongside its parent company. The plaintiff, Palisade Technologies, LLP, is a patent assertion entity that accused Micron's memory and storage products of infringing several patents related to memory architecture and storage technology. According to case records and news reports, the parties reached a settlement, and the case was dismissed in January 2026.

Filing activity

2022: 3 cases'22'232024: 4 cases4'24
Cases filed per year naming Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc. as defendant.

Palisade Technologies, LLP v. Micron Technology, Inc. et al.

Dismissed with prejudice
Docket:
7:24-cv-00262
Filed:
2024-10-16
Terminated:
2026-01-26

Palisade Technologies alleged that Micron's memory and storage products infringed on five patents. The parties reached a settlement, and the court dismissed Palisade's infringement claims with prejudice, permanently barring them from refiling the same claims.

Palisade Technologies, LLP v. Micron Technology, Inc. et al.

Dismissed
Docket:
7:24-cv-00262
Filed:
2024-10-16
Terminated:
2026-01-26
Patents:8148962

The lawsuit alleged that Micron's DRAM, NAND Flash, and NOR Flash memory products infringed on several patents. The case was dismissed with prejudice following a settlement agreement between the parties.

Palisade Technologies, LLP v. Micron Technology, Inc. et al.

dismissed with prejudice
Docket:
7:24-cv-00262
Filed:
2024-10-16
Terminated:
2026-01-26
Patents:8327051

Palisade Technologies, LLP filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Micron Technology, Inc., Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc., and Micron Technology Texas LLC in the Western District of Texas. The case, concerning US Patent 8327051, was dismissed with prejudice on January 26, 2026, permanently barring Palisade from re-filing these claims.

Netlist, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al.

pending
Docket:
2024-2240
Filed:
2024-08-19

Netlist's appeal from PTAB Final Written Decisions in IPR2022-01427 (the '160 patent) and related IPRs. The appeal was consolidated with the '060-patent appeal, No. 2024-2241, and lists Samsung and Micron entities as appellees.

Netlist, Inc. v. Micron Technology, Inc. et al.

jury verdict; post-trial/PTAB unresolved
Docket:
2:22-cv-00294
Filed:
2022-08-01

Netlist asserted the '912 patent with U.S. 11,093,417 and 9,858,215 against Micron. On May 23, 2024, the jury found infringement of '912 and '417, willful, awarding $425,000,000 for the '912 patent and $20,000,000 for '417; PTAB later found all challenged '912 claims unpatentable and final disposition was not confirmed.

Netlist, Inc. v. Micron Technology, Inc. et al.

stayed
Docket:
2:22-cv-00203-JRG-RSP
Filed:
2022-06-10
Patents:11016918

Netlist asserted six patents, including the '918 patent, against Micron in the Eastern District of Texas. The case was stayed pending PTAB final written decisions; after the PTAB invalidated all asserted claims of the six patents, including the '918 patent, the court maintained the stay.

Netlist, Inc. v. Micron Technology, Inc. et al.

stayed/pending; '339 dropped
Docket:
2:22-cv-00203-JRG-RSP
Filed:
2022-06-10
Patents:10949339

Netlist sued Micron entities in the Eastern District of Texas, originally asserting six patents including the '339. After the PTAB invalidated the '339 in IPR2023-00204, Netlist dropped the '339. The case was stayed, then maintained on June 13, 2024, and remained pending/affected by the IPR appeal.