Micron hit with $445 million US verdict in Netlist patent trial

Chipmaker Micron Technology owes computer-memory company Netlist $445 million in damages for violating Netlist’s patent rights in memory-module technology for prime-efficiency computing, a U.S. jury mentioned on Thursday.

Jurors within the U.S. District Court for the Japanese District of Texas agreed with Netlist that Micron’s semiconductor-memory products infringe two Netlist patents connected to technology for bettering the capacity and efficiency of memory modules.

The jury also concluded that Micron infringed the patents willfully, which might per chance additionally outcome in a settle multiplying the damages by up to some cases.

Representatives for Micron did no longer correct now answer to a demand for commentary on the verdict.

“We’re grateful for the jury’s service, and their recognition of the significance of Netlist’s innovation,” Netlist legal real Jason Sheasby mentioned in an announcement.

Netlist won a $303 million verdict in opposition to Samsung within the identical court docket final year in a connected dispute over high-efficiency computer memory patents.

Boise, Idaho-essentially based Micron’s stock model has surged this year in step with demand for its chips feeble to energy man made-intelligence technology. Irvine, California-essentially based Netlist sued Micron in 2022, alleging that three of its semiconductor memory-module traces infringed its patents.

Micron denied the allegations and raised quite lots of defenses, including arguments that the patents were invalid.

A U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tribunal invalidated one of many patents in April, which might per chance additionally finally reduce abet the size of the verdict.