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Netlist asserted the '912 patent against Google. The case was stayed in 2011 pending merged inter partes reexamination, reopened in 2021, and was stipulated stayed on Oct. 17, 2022, pending Netlist v. Samsung, E.D. Tex. 2:22-cv-00293, and any appeal.
Filed together with the Google case, Netlist asserted the '912 patent against Inphi. The case was stayed in 2010 pending the merged reexamination; no formal disposition was confirmed.
Samsung filed a declaratory judgment action of non-infringement/unenforceability involving the '912 patent and U.S. 10,217,523, plus breach-of-contract claims. Netlist counterclaimed infringement and added Google LLC and Alphabet Inc.; the case was stayed on Dec. 1, 2023.
Netlist asserted the '912 patent with U.S. 11,093,417 and 10,268,608 against Samsung. On Nov. 22, 2024, the jury found infringement of at least one claim of each patent, willful, and awarded a $118,000,000 lump-sum royalty; judgment was entered Dec. 2, 2024.
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.
A second Delaware action involving Samsung entities and Netlist, indexed to the '912 patent in the Stanford NPE Litigation Database. Roles and status were not fully confirmed in the narrative.
A District of Idaho case listed by Google Patents under the '912 patent family; the narrative notes it is consistent with the Micron/Netlist Idaho dispute over bad-faith patent assertion, but parties and status were not confirmed.
Micron entities petitioned and moved for joinder in this IPR, filed Nov. 18, 2022, and were joined as petitioners in IPR2022-00615 challenging the '912 patent.
Federal Circuit appeal from the merged inter partes reexamination involving the '912 patent; the court affirmed the reexamination outcome in 810 F. App'x 902 (Fed. Cir. 2020).
Samsung entities filed a Delaware declaratory judgment action against Netlist. The Stanford NPE Litigation Database lists the '523, '608, '595, '912, '035, and '218 patents in this action; Netlist SEC reporting says the action seeks a declaration that Samsung does not infringe Netlist's '035 patent. No disposition was confirmed.