Attacks on Samsung Electronics by patent trolls are becoming increasingly cunning. These entities are focusing on purchasing patents with broad scopes that can be applied to various products and then targeting companies that release related products. Among global information technology (IT) companie
SK Hynix is in a legal dispute with a patent troll in the United States. The company filed a suit against Longhorn IP and its subsidiaries Trenchant Blade Technologies LLC (TBT) and Hamilcar Barca IP LLC with the Northern District Court of California on July 5 (local time) to confirm its non-infring
Emergent Mobile filed a patent infringement suit against Samsung Electronics on April 8 with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.According to the Texas-based non-practicing entity, Samsung Electronics sold Galaxy Fold, S22 and XCover products to inflict damage on itsel
The Korea Intellectual Property Protection Agency announced on Feb. 20 that non-practicing entities (NPEs) are filing an increasing number of lawsuits against South Korean enterprises.“In the United States, the number of such lawsuits was 90 in 2019, 111 in 2020, and 130 in the first three quarters
Samsung Electronics has been facing a lawsuit from a European patent troll. Less than two months have passed since being sued by a former Samsung patent executive, Korea’s largest company has become a target of a parent suit by a patent troll once again.Scramoge Technology, a non-practicing entity (
Synergy IP filed a damage suit against Samsung Electronics and Samsung Electronics America in Texas in November last year. According to the non-practicing entity, the two companies infringed upon 10 patents. The NPE was established in June 2020 by Ahn Seung-ho, who was a Samsung Electronics vice pre
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has initiated a patent infringement investigation related to Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics at the request of Sonrai Memory.The plaintiffs including the non-practicing entity are claiming that Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics inf
Texas-based NPE Atlas Global Technologies filed a patent infringement suit against Samsung Electronics and Samsung Electronics America on Aug. 9.According to Atlas, Samsung infringed on its patent rights pertaining to eight Wi-Fi-related patents and used the patents for no less than 458 mobile produ
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have settled a patent infringement case with a European patent troll out of court. The case lasted for about one year.The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced on March 15 that it will wrap up its investigation into Samsung Electronics and LG El
Unified Patents said on Jan. 5 that Google, Microsoft and Samsung faced 42, 39 and 36 patent lawsuits in the United States in 2020, respectively. It also said that the 36 lawsuits of Samsung are ongoing suits and the number is close to 60 when dropped charges and peaceful terminations are included i
The Korea Intellectual Property Protection Agency announced on Dec. 28 that non-practicing entities (NPEs) filed 107 suits against South Korean enterprises in the United States for the first 10 months of this year whereas the yearly total was 94 in 2019.According to experts, this is because of expan
Non-practicing entities (NPEs) are indiscriminately filing patent lawsuits against Korean companies. The number of lawsuits, which had been on the decline for some time, has been growing again, fueling concerns among Korean electronics makers.Solace OLED, an NPE, recently dropped lawsuits against Sa
Samsung Electronics is again embroiled in a global patent infringement lawsuit. The devices targeted by the suit include the Galaxy Note 20, a flagship phone that was released less than a month ago, and the Galaxy Buds Plus, a wireless earphone.The company that sued Samsung Electronics this time is
American patent trolls initiated a large number of patent lawsuits against South Korean companies last year. They tried to keep major IT companies in check by filing suits against Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and other companies.The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) announced on May
Global non-practicing entities (NPEs) are found to have used neglected Korean patents in launching attacks on Korean companies such as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics.Patent experts say that Korean companies need to upgrade their patent management and utilization systems to survive global int
Samsung Electronics, which has been persistently attacked by non-practicing entities (NPEs) or “patent trolls,” has filed a complaint with a U.S. court to prevent an NPE from litigating repeatedly. As the number of lawsuits filed by NPEs against Korean companies steadily increased to reach 580 over
Patent trolls’ attacks targeting South Korean companies are becoming more and more frequent. The Seoul Economic Daily reported on Nov. 5 that 43 non-practicing entities (NPEs) filed 580 lawsuits against South Korean companies from 2012 to June this year and 36 percent and 39 percent of the lawsuits
A patent troll is targeting Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics with regard to touch screens of smartphones.The non-practicing entity (NPE) that has filed a patent infringement suit against the two Korean companies, has already secured a favorable position against Apple in a similar patent lawsui
Dynamics Inc., an American payment solution company, has recently filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, claiming that it violated Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with regard to mobile devices including multifunction emoulators. The United States International Trade Commission is going t
Uniloc, a patent troll, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics’ latest Galaxy models, including the Galaxy Fold and Galaxy S10 5G.Uniloc is a representative non-practicing entity (NPE) that has strengths in patents on computer electronics and mobile communication devices