Category: Samsung

Samsung’s losing streak continues as Frankfurt court rejects FRAND antitrust claim against ZTE

February 25, 2026

Scattershot FRAND litigation is not paying off for Samsung. Now all eyes are on China, where a FRAND determination could come down very shortly.
New Munich presiding judge advises SEP implementers to carve out Germany from UK license requests, makes other FRAND remarks at ZTE v. Samsung trial

February 14, 2026

This ZTE v. Samsung trial was the Presiding Judge Dr. Hubertus Schacht’s first FRAND hearing since returning to the Munich I Regional Court and taking over the 21st Civil Chamber.
U.S. judge publishes decision to throw out Samsung’s U.S. FRAND antitrust action against ZTE; case unlikely to be revived anytime soon

February 11, 2026

Judge Martínez-Olguín has now published her January 30, 2026 order granting ZTE’s motion to dismiss Samsung’s U.S. FRAND antitrust action.
InterDigital faces challenges from Dolby (to patent asserted against Disney) and Samsung (to $1 billion arbitration award)

February 10, 2026

Dolby has filed a petition for inter partes review of a patent that InterDigital asserted in a global infringement case against Disney in the United States District Court for the Central District of California last year. Meanwhile Samsung has challenged a $1 billion arbitration award it received last July as part of their mobile device…
ZTE defeats Samsung again as Brazilian appeals court reinstates 5G injunction, declines to give Samsung “free pass to infringe” and hold out

February 4, 2026

ZTE’s impressive winning streak continues, and Samsung now has to give serious consideration to a settlement as the noose is tightening.
Major win for ZTE as U.S. federal judge throws out Samsung’s FRAND contract/antitrust action

January 30, 2026

Samsung brought FRAND claims in multiple jurisdictions. In the UK a trial is underway, in Germany one will be held shortly, but its U.S. case has been dismissed.
BREAKING: Chinese FRAND determination in ZTE v. Samsung could come down any day now and set new Chinese speed record

December 15, 2025

A pretrial hearing in London revealed that a Chinese FRAND determination for a ZTE-Samsung SEP license is imminent.
USPTO upholds core Proxense patent in Samsung, Apple, Microsoft, Google invalidation cases

December 3, 2025

Biometrics firm Proxense has bagged a key win in ongoing big tech patent litigation, after the United States Patent & Trademark Office upheld a key patent following a review requested by Samsung.
Samsung retaliates against Oura’s ITC complaint with own E.D. Tex. patent infringement allegations against smart-ring maker who just defended core patent at PTAB

December 2, 2025

Last month, Oura brought an ITC complaint against Samsung, Reebok, and others. Now Samsung, whose pre-emptive DJ complaint went nowhere, is countersuing Oura.
Samsung Display, BOE informed ITC of settlement only 44 minutes prior to scheduled publication of final trade secrets ruling; rumored value of $700M-$1B

November 19, 2025

BOE settled Samsung Display’s trade secret claims literally at the 11th hour.