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

  1. March 24, 2025

    Netlist Again Wins Samsung Patent Contract Suit On Retrial

    Netlist Inc. secured a repeat win Monday in a California federal court retrial of a breach of contract suit against Samsung Electronics Co., a verdict that itself carries no money judgment but bolsters the chipmaker's position on maintaining $421 million worth of patent infringement damages from separate trials.

  2. March 21, 2025

    Netlist 'Invented' Samsung Breach For Patent Grab, Jury Told

    A lawyer for Samsung Electronics Co. closed out the third trial in contract litigation with Netlist Inc. on Friday by telling a California federal jury that the chipmaker has "invented" a nonexistent breach because it wants to claw back valuable patent licenses.

  3. March 19, 2025

    Netlist, Samsung Contract Fight Gets New Judge Mid-Retrial

    The third trial in a dispute over whether Samsung Electronics Co. breached a patent licensing agreement with chipmaker Netlist Inc. was reassigned to a new California federal judge Wednesday on its second day, after the long-running case's previous overseer recused due to concerns about his impartiality being questioned.

  4. March 18, 2025

    Netlist Slams Samsung's 'Abuse Of Power' As 3rd Trial Begins

    Samsung Electronics Co. engaged in a "raw abuse of power" when it breached the terms of a patent licensing agreement with chipmaker Netlist Inc., a jury heard Tuesday as the contract dispute went to trial for the third time in California federal court.

  5. August 26, 2024

    Samsung Urges Toss Of Netlist Contract Win Over Juror's Lies

    Samsung urged a California federal judge Monday to throw out a jury's verdict that it breached a contract with chipmaker Netlist by cutting off its supply of crucial memory products, arguing a new trial is required because one juror failed to disclose crucial information during the jury selection process.

  6. May 17, 2024

    Calif. Jury Finds Samsung Breached Contract With Netlist

    A Los Angeles federal jury found on Friday that Samsung materially breached a contract with chipmaker Netlist by cutting off its supply of crucial memory products, delivering a significant win for Netlist in its multi-jurisdictional patent fight with Samsung even though no monetary damages were at stake.

  7. May 15, 2024

    Ex-Samsung Exec Called Netlist Leaders 'Morons,' Jury Hears

    A former sales executive for Samsung testified Wednesday to a California federal jury that he made fun of Netlist executives in an email to his boss as they were repeatedly trying to secure product deliveries, calling them "morons" who didn't understand that "nobody likes or wants them as a customer."

  8. May 14, 2024

    'Secret' Docs Show Samsung Breached Netlist Deal, Jury Told

    An attorney for Netlist told a California federal jury Tuesday during opening statements in its breach of contract suit against Samsung that "secret documents" will show that the technology giant's executives gleefully sought to crush Netlist by cutting off its supply of crucial computer memory products.

  9. February 14, 2022

    Samsung Wants Reversal Of Netlist's Zero-Dollar Breach Win

    Samsung urged a California federal judge during a hearing on Monday to reverse his summary judgment ruling that it breached a joint development and patent license deal with Netlist, arguing that a jury's subsequent decision to award Netlist zero damages shows that no breach ever occurred.

  10. December 06, 2021

    Samsung Doesn't Owe Netlist For Contract Breach, Jury Finds

    A California federal jury found Friday that Samsung doesn't owe damages for failing to fulfill Netlist's orders for computer memory products in breach of their deal, handing a win to the electronics giant following a judge's ruling in October that Samsung had breached the parties' joint development and patent license agreement.

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