Samsung to ITC: Arigna Patent Claims Not ‘Valid and Enforceable’

Samsung denies it engaged in unfair competition or committed Tariff Act Section 337 violations by importing products that infringe any “valid and enforceable” Arigna Technologies patent rights, said the company in a response posted Friday in docket 337-TA-1308 at the International Trade Commission. Samsung also denies any patent claims that Arigna asserted against Samsung are valid or enforceable. The ITC opened a Section 337 investigation in March into Arigna allegations that devices from Apple, Google, Lenovo, Microsoft, Motorola, OnePlus, Samsung and TCL infringe a 2007 patent on power semiconductors with short-circuit protection (see 2203310038). Most of the other respondents made similar filings Friday; TCL’s response was filed confidentially.