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`Two Latest Developments in Our Patent
` Dispute with Samsung
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`By David Shannon on April 16, 2015
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`We said we’d keep you updated on the progress of our patent dispute against Samsung, so let me share with
` you several recent developments.
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`Let’s start with a quick recap.
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`Back in September, in the first IP lawsuit NVIDIA has initiated since our founding more than two decades ago,
` we sued Samsung and Qualcomm in the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. District Court in
` Delaware for using our GPU patents without fairly compensating us. (See a fuller description of the cases here
` and here.)
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`Our case in the ITC is scheduled for hearing in late June 2015, and we got a positive sign earlier this month in
` a pretrial decision – known as a Markman ruling – in which the presiding judge ruled in favor of NVIDIA’s
` preferred construction of nearly all of the disputed language in our claims. In this case, we’re asking the U.S.
` to block imports of certain Galaxy phones and tablets – including Samsung’s newly shipping Galaxy S6 and
` Edge – into the U.S.
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`Samsung had subsequently sued us in the ITC, as well as in U.S. District Court in Virginia – known as the
` “rocket docket” for its very fast time to trial.
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`Two things have happened in recent days that are worth being aware of.
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`First, we have now countersued Samsung in the U.S. District Court in Virginia, citing four graphics patents
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` beyond the seven cited in the ITC and Delaware cases. (The four patents are described in our latest filing
` here.) These newly asserted patents in our countersuit are scheduled to be decided at the same time as
` Samsung’s case against us.
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`And, second, U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne has set a date of Jan. 11, 2016, for the trial to begin in
` Virginia. This will focus on Samsung’s asserted six patents against NVIDIA, and two patents against our
` customer Velocity Micro, as well as on our four patents asserted against Samsung.
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`NVIDIA has spent more than $9 billion in R&D since 1993 when we began to create what is now 7,000 patent
` assets comprising the richest portfolio of graphics IP in the world. Our IP strategy is to earn an appropriate
` return on our investment by licensing our graphics cores or by licensing our patents. Samsung’s unwillingness
` to negotiate forced us to go to the courts.
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`There will likely be more legal back and forth in the months ahead in these very important cases, and we’ll do
` our best to keep you informed.
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` Steve • 15 hours ago
`Thanks for keeping us informed on the case(s).
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`It is nice to see the actual documentation and a point by point response that is detailed. That
` sure beats the FUD being spread by the usual haters.
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` domahman • a day ago
`Skimming through 2 thousand pages is tough. They should invalidate most of Samsungs
` patent... such generic copycats.
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` Steve
` • 15 hours ago
`> domahman
`Nvidia's defense:
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`First Defense: (Non Infringement) pg 798
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`Second Defense: (Invalidity) pg 799
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`Third Defense: (Waiver, Laches, Estoppel) pg 810
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`Fourth Defense: (Express or Implied License, Patent Exhaustion) pg 811
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`Fifth Defense: (Prosecution History Estoppel, Prosecution Disclaimer) pg 812
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`Sixth Defense: (Limitations of Damages) pg 812
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`Seventh Defense: (Patent Misuse) pg 812
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`Eighth Defense: (Breach of Contract) pg 813
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`Ninth Defense: (Unclean Hands) pg 813
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`Tenth Defense: (Equitable/Promissory Estoppel) pg 814
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`Eleventh Defense: (Statute of Limitations) pg 814
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`Twelfth Defense: (Other) pg 814
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` Red.Dot.Mist • 3 days ago
`I doubt many of your customers are happy about this suit.
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` roger
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`> Red.Dot.Mist
`Looks more like AMD customers aren't happy about this. Nvidia aren't patent trolls and
` they should defend their rich portfolio of patents when they need to. It's about time they
` did something like this.
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` odizzido
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`> Red.Dot.Mist
`They don't care what their customers think. Well, not until it threatens their profits which
` is all that matters to them.
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