Samsung and Nvidia are in a running legal battle in a graphics-related patent, and Samsung has gained an upper hand in the case today. An ITC (International Trade Commission) administrative law judge has ruled in favor of Samsung saying that Nvidia has infringed upon two out of three patents by Samsung. This dispute started more than an year ago when Nvidia sued Samsung and Qualcomm stating that they are using its graphics chip related patents without using them.
The findings by the judge against Nvidia are now subject to a review by the full agency, which can then block Nvidia’s products from entering the countries shores. “We are disappointed,” said Hector Marinez, an Nvidia spokesman a statement. This ruling comes eight days after full ITC commission upheld a judge’s ruling declaring that Samsung and Qualcomm didn’t infringe on two patents by Nvidia.
Samsung countersued Nvidia claiming that California-based graphics chip designer has used three patents in its Shield tablets without paying for them. Samsung claims these patents cover some of the basic circuit designs, allowing them to be made smaller, faster in graphics and video performance, and saving the costs for the manufacturing them. Nvidia tried to make Samsung pay royalties for these patents before talks failed.
One of these two patents by Samsung date back to 1990s, and is set to expire next year, making it irrelevant by the time the ruling by the full commission comes out. Nvidia, which is a force to reckon with in desktop and laptop graphics market, failed to make any impression in the smartphone and tablet market. So, it is trying to use its chip-related patents to earn some royalty from Qualcomm and Samsung.
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