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  Samsung seems to be in a mood of resolving licensing issues. After settling with Kodak, Samsung has come to terms with memory maker, Rambus. The agreement will settle all claims between them and also give them access to Rambus’ patent portfolio. As far as monetary compensation is concerned, Samsung will pay Rambus about $900 [...]

  Samsung had already settled the issue with Kodak by paying an undisclosed amount towards royalty but now both companies have announced to enter into a cross-licensing agreement, basically allowing each other to access one’s patent portfolio. The key details are obviously kept under wraps but both the companies are upbeat about the outcome. Kodak [...]

  Samsung and Sharp’s patent battle took a fresh turn today as US’ trade court has agreed to inquire the allegations put forth by Samsung against Sharp. Samsung has alleged that Sharp has infringed some Samsung patents related to manufacturing LCD screens. Generally, companies engaged in a patent battle come to terms with a cross-licensing [...]

  Kodak has issued a statement saying Samsung has decided to settle the infringing patent dispute and also enter into a cross-license agreement. Samsung will pay Kodak an undisclosed non-refundable payment as part of its future royalty obligations. Samsung and Kodak are also in talks with U.S. ITC to dismiss the Kodak claims once both [...]

  Kodak, who had filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against Samsung last year has won the initial round. The ITC judge ruled that Samsung did infringe on Kodak’s said patents and will be further scrutinized by the commission. The infringing patent is related to how a camera in a phone captures, [...]

  The U.S. International Trade Commission has finally given the decision regarding the impending Samsung-Sharp LCD patent infringement case. The ruling says the Korean company has indeed infringed on Sharp’s four LCD related patents and will need to stop selling the infringed products in the States. While Sharp seems ecstatic about the verdict, Samsung is [...]

  It seems the courtroom battle between two multinationals will last longer than expected. ITC on Wednesday ruled that Sharp infringed one Samsung owned patent and called for an import ban on Sharp infringed products. However, as one would expect, Sharp is looking to appeal the decision. “We will study the ruling and take necessary [...]

  Samsung has won the impending LCD patent dispute against the Japanese manufacturer. Back in October 2007, Sharp filed a case against Samsung accusing of infringing some of LCD patents held by them. Samsung countersued them in June last year and the result finally came in the favour of Samsung. Source|Image

  In a response to the alleged patent infringement from Eastman Kodak, Samsung has appealed to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban import of Kodak cameras as few cameras from them infringed on Samsung’s patents. This is not the first time Samsung has been dragged in a patent row. Last month, they accused [...]

  Samsung has won the first round of war against Japan’s Sharp Corp. to stop importing few competitive products to United States. Samsung had alleged Sharp of infringing its LCD patents and asked the International Trade Commission to look into the matter. The initial ruling does favor Sammy but this not deter Sharp from importing [...]