Defendant
11 cases as defendant.
Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1938 by Lee Byung-chul as a trading company. Its flagship subsidiary, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., established in 1969, is headquartered in Suwon, South Korea, and is a publicly traded entity within the larger Samsung chaebol, with significant influence from the founding Lee family. As of 2024, Samsung Electronics employed over 262,000 people globally and reported a consolidated revenue of approximately $233.3 billion in fiscal year 2025.
Samsung Electronics specializes in a broad range of consumer and industrial electronics. Its major product lines include semiconductors (memory chips, system LSI, and foundry services), smartphones (under the widely recognized Galaxy brand, including the S series, A series, Fold, and Flip), televisions (QLED and OLED models), home appliances, wearable devices, and network systems. The company is a leading global manufacturer in various sectors, including smartphones, televisions, and semiconductor memory.
Based on the provided case data, Samsung's patent litigation posture appears to be that of an operating company defending against patent infringement allegations. With one tracked case as a defendant and zero as a plaintiff, the company primarily faces assertions from other entities. The single tracked case is in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue known for patent litigation.
The notable tracked case for Samsung is Bishop Display Tech LLC v. Samsung, where Samsung is listed as a defendant in a suit filed in April 2021.
Netlist Inc. filed an infringement lawsuit against Samsung, Micron, and Avnet, Inc. in the Texas Eastern District Court, asserting US12373366. The case, which concerns Samsung's and Micron's DDR5 DIMM memory products, is ongoing as of September 28, 2025, with no anticipated settlement before the patent's expiration in June 2028.
This is a district court litigation initiated by Omni Medsci, Inc. against Fossil, OnePlus, Oura Health, and Samsung in the Texas Eastern District Court. Filed on December 20, 2024, the active case involves US patent 11160455.
Telcom Ventures LLC filed an infringement suit against Samsung in the Eastern District of Texas. Samsung's deadline to respond was extended to December 8, 2024.
Bishop Display Tech LLC initiated a lawsuit against Samsung in April 2021 for patent infringement, which was subsequently dismissed in May 2022 following a settlement between the parties.
Section 337 ITC investigation filed July 23, 2012 alongside the N.D. Cal. campaign, asserting '336, '749 and '890. The ITC ultimately found no violation as to the asserted '336 patent claims; TPL did not appeal.
Netlist asserted US Patent 10,268,608, along with five other patents, in this ITC complaint seeking exclusion and cease-and-desist orders against Samsung, Google, and Super Micro.
This ongoing district court litigation involves Netlist asserting the '608 patent against Samsung, which resulted in a $118 million jury damages award against Samsung in November 2024.
Proxense, LLC sued Samsung in June 2021 for patent infringement. The case settled in 2023 on the eve of trial.
Local Intelligence, LLC asserted US 9,219,982 against Samsung (smartphones) in E.D. Tex. The case was dismissed with prejudice in January 2019 (reported).
MDL proceeding involving the '610 patent as one of eight Realtime patents at issue. The Judicial Panel denied centralization on August 1, 2018. Schedule A listed numerous defendants, but the narrative cautions that this alone does not prove the '610 patent was asserted against every named defendant.
ITC action that the narrative says Apple filed against Samsung; mentioned while researching litigation involving US D604305. No docket number, dates, status, or additional patent assertions are provided.