A US-based institution called Ioengine is suing Samsung successful the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that the Korean institution is utilizing 5 of its connectivity-related patents without authorization oregon compensation.
These patents were allegedly utilized by Samsung successful the Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy Watch Ultra, Galaxy Buds2 Pro, and Samsung's Portable SSD T7. These devices are being utilized arsenic examples, by the mode - they bash not correspond the afloat scope of the complaint.
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
Ioengine is asking for compensation for the alleged past infringement, of a "reasonable royalty" (without specifying a dollar amount). There's besides a circumstantial patent, for which Ioengine is seeking a imperishable injunction against the portable SSD drives and Galaxy phones. If granted, specified an injunction would compel Samsung to halt the behaviour recovered to infringe the patent successful the US. Ioengine is besides asking for royalties arsenic an alternate if the tribunal does not assistance the injunction.
If granted, specified an injunction whitethorn pb to a income ban, but it besides could beryllium a nonaccomplishment of features, it's unclear close now. And it's each precise tentative astatine the infinitesimal - there's a institution asking the tribunal for each of this, but thing has been decided yet.
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