Headwater Research LLC v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. et al

  1. December 19, 2025

    The Top Patent Damages Of 2025

    The largest patent verdict of the year was Apple's $634 million loss against Masimo, and juries issued eight other nine-figure verdicts in 2025 — many of which were against Samsung.

  2. September 12, 2025

    Samsung, Headwater End Patent Fights After $279M Verdict

    Headwater Research has agreed to end a series of lawsuits accusing Samsung of infringing various wireless communications patents, including one where a jury had found Samsung owed nearly $279 million.

  3. September 03, 2025

    Samsung Argues New PTAB Memo Can't Undo Its Patent Win

    A new memo from the patent office's acting director that limits arguments available to patent challengers cannot be used to overturn a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision invalidating a patent at issue in a $279 million verdict against Samsung, the tech giant has argued.

  4. July 24, 2025

    PTAB Erases Claims In Patent From $279M Samsung Verdict

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has invalidated claims in one of two Headwater Research wireless communications patents that a jury had found Samsung owed nearly $279 million for infringing, finding that the claims were obvious.

  5. April 25, 2025

    Samsung Owes $279M In Wireless Patent Suit, Jury Says

    A Texas federal jury on Friday said Samsung owes nearly $279 million after finding the company infringed two wireless communications patents developed by Airgo Networks co-founder Greg Raleigh's later research outfit.

  6. April 01, 2025

    Samsung Fails To Invalidate Headwater's Wireless Patent

    Samsung failed Tuesday to persuade a federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Texas to invalidate a patent issued to Airgo Networks co-founder Greg Raleigh, who alleges Samsung Electronics America Inc.'s products infringe wireless communications patents developed by one of his later research outfits.

  7. January 09, 2025

    IP Forecast: OpenAI, Microsoft Look To Toss NYT Case

    OpenAI and its backers at Microsoft will try persuading a New York judge to dismiss one of the major copyright suits against them, with arguments that using news stories to train the startup's artificial intelligence model is a "transformative" use. Here's a spotlight on where that case stands — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.