Litigation

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

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1:21-cv-01453-RGA

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Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Filed: 2021-10-15

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Samsung initiated a declaratory judgment action against Netlist, alleging non-infringement of US10217523B1 and other patents. Netlist filed counterclaims for infringement against Samsung, Google LLC, and Alphabet, Inc. The case was stayed pending resolution of a related action.

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Further reading

What to do if you get a patent demand letter
A patent demand letter is a request for money, not a court order. The plaintiff's leverage is your fear; preparation removes it.
Obviousness under § 103
Most patented inventions are combinations of existing ideas. The modern KSR standard makes those combinations easier to attack than they used to be.
IPR estoppel: the trade-off behind the cheapest invalidity tool
File your strongest art, file it well — or don't file at all if your strongest grounds aren't patents and publications. Estoppel is what makes IPR powerful for the system and dangerous for the defendant who underprepares.
How patent trolls operate (and why the business model works)
A junk patent generates settlement income exactly the same way as a strong one, because nobody pays $1M to test a $200k demand. The mechanics matter because the failure modes — what makes assertion campaigns expensive or risky for the troll — are exactly where defendants find leverage.
Most-litigated US patents: 12 patents that defined the patent troll era
If a demand letter lands on your desk citing one of these, you are not the first. The campaign playbook is on file. The defenses other defendants used are public record.

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