Ready for another big patent battle?
NVIDIA has just filed patent lawsuits against both Samsung and Qualcomm, claiming the companies are infringing upon their graphics chip patents. The end goal? To block the shipment of Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets until Samsung coughs up patent licensing fees.
In a blog post on the matter, NVIDIA notes that they tried to negotiate with Samsung directly, but were unable to reach a deal. According to NVIDIA’s Chief Administrative Officer David Shannon, “Samsung repeatedly said that this was mostly their suppliers’ problem.”
So far, NVIDIA has named 12 Samsung devices they want blocked: the Galaxy Note, Note Pro, Note 3, Tab S, Tab Pro, Tab 2, Galaxy S III, S4, S5, Infuse 4G, and, randomly, the super ancient Android clunker from 2011, the Samsung Illusion.
NVIDIA claims least seven of their patents are being stepped on, covering such concepts as:
The biggest thing to consider here: Qualcomm’s chips, including their GPUs, are in many, many devices beyond just Samsung’s. Depending on how this one goes, Qualcomm might be in for quite a long battle.
You can find NVIDIA’s complaint to the U.S. International Trade Commission (requesting the blockage of all Samsung Galaxy devices) here, and the lawsuit they just filed here.
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