Files a Petition for Inter Partes Review
Samsung Electronics has recently filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. company RFCyber with the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
RFCyber is a company that holds many patents for mobile payment-related services, including mobile near field communication (NFC). The company filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics with the Texas Eastern Court in October 2020, claiming that Samsung Pay, Samsung Electronics' mobile payment service, infringed upon its patents.
RFCyber has claimed that the Korean smartphone giant infringed upon a total of five patents held by it. The patents concern electronic wallets for non-contact payments through smartphones.
Samsung Electronics has launched about 40 smartphone models and 11 wearable gadgets since launching the Galaxy S6 in 2015. RFCyber has claimed that all of them violated their patents.
The PTAB plans to decide whether to launch an investigation into the matter soon.
In the meantime, RFCyber also filed similar lawsuits against LG Electronics and Google in the United States. Google filed an IPR petition against RFCyber with the PTAB last month ahead of Samsung.