Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (SEC), commonly known as Samsung Electronics, is a South Korean multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation. Headquartered in Yeongtong District, Suwon, South Korea, the company was established on January 13, 1969, as Samsung Electric Industries, later merging to form Samsung Electronics in 1988. It is the flagship subsidiary of the Samsung chaebol and is publicly traded on the Korea Exchange under the ticker symbol 005930. As of the end of 2024, Samsung Electronics employed approximately 262,647 people worldwide. For fiscal year 2025, the company reported consolidated revenue of ₩333.6 trillion (approximately $240 billion USD).

Samsung Electronics produces a wide array of products and services. Its major product lines include smartphones under the Samsung Galaxy brand, televisions, and various home appliances such as washing machines, refrigerators, and air conditioners. The company is also a leading global manufacturer of electronic components, including semiconductor memory chips, image sensors, lithium-ion batteries, and displays, supplying these to numerous other technology companies. Samsung Electronics has been the world's largest vendor of smartphones since 2012 and is the largest semiconductor memory manufacturer.

In terms of patent litigation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. primarily operates as an operating company that defends against infringement claims. The provided data indicates no cases where the company is a plaintiff, but one tracked case where it is a defendant. This suggests a posture of defending its products and operations from assertions by other entities.

The sole tracked case involving Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. as a defendant is Telcom Ventures LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al., filed on August 21, 2024. This lawsuit was brought in the Eastern District of Texas, a venue frequently chosen for patent litigation. In this case, Telcom Ventures LLC, an inventor-controlled plaintiff, accused Samsung of infringing eight patents related to mobile payment technologies, specifically targeting Samsung Pay and associated smartphones utilizing biometric authentication, near-field communication (NFC), or magnetic secure transmission (MST).