Samsung Doesn’t Infringe 4 Netlist Patents, It Says in Complaint

Samsung Electronics and Samsung Semiconductor seek declaratory judgment that they don’t infringe, “directly or indirectly,” four Netlist patents on DRAM technology, said their complaint (in Pacer) Friday in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware. Netlist, “without justification,” unilaterally tried to terminate a November 2015 agreement in which it granted Samsung a “perpetual, paid-up, worldwide license” to the patents that Netlist now says Samsung is infringing, said the complaint. Samsung paid Netlist $8 million under the agreement, but Netlist “is now taking extraordinary actions to back out of its grant of a patent license to Samsung,” it said. Netlist told Samsung earlier this year of its demands that Samsung take a second license, said the complaint: “Accordingly, Netlist seeks to double-dip.” Netlist didn’t comment.