Samsung Ordered to Pay $445 Million in Patent Infringement Case

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A federal jury in Marshall, Texas, has ordered Samsung Electronics to pay nearly $445.5 million in damages to Collision Communications after finding that the South Korean tech giant infringed on several patents related to 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi communications standards.

The jury concluded that Samsung’s popular products—including its Galaxy smartphones, laptops, and other wireless-enabled devices—violated four patents owned by Collision Communications. The verdict marks another major legal setback for Samsung, which has faced several similar nine-figure patent infringement rulings in the same Texas court in recent years.

Collision Communications, based in Peterborough, New Hampshire, filed the lawsuit in 2023, alleging that Samsung unlawfully used patented technologies designed to improve the efficiency of wireless networks. The company stated that the patents were originally developed from research by defense contractor BAE Systems, though BAE itself was not involved in the case.

Samsung denied any wrongdoing, arguing that the patents in question were invalid and that its technologies did not infringe on them. Neither company has yet issued an official comment following the verdict.

This ruling adds to a growing list of legal challenges faced by Samsung in the United States over intellectual property disputes, underscoring the high-stakes competition and complex patent landscape that define the modern telecommunications and technology industries.