May 27 update: According to TheRegister, the patent related to the vast majority (425 million US dollars) of the compensation in this case has been invalidated recently, and Micron is expected to appeal the judgment of this case.
TapTechNews reported on May 24 that according to Reuters, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas recently ruled that Micron lost the patent lawsuit against the US storage company Netlist, and the overall compensation amount reached 445 million US dollars (TapTechNews note: currently about 3.226 billion yuan).
This case started in 2022. At that time, Netlist accused Micron of infringing on the patent related to the storage chip capacity improvement technology held by Netlist on its three storage production lines.
The jurors of the district court this time determined that Micron did indeed infringe on two patents in the storage field of Netlist, and compensation of 425 million US dollars and 20 million US dollars needs to be paid respectively.
The jurors also believed that Micron had committed intentional infringement, which may lead the judge to triple the compensation amount further.
Netlist has had patent disputes with all three major storage giants.
SK Hynix stated in April 2021 that it had reached a new patent cross-licensing agreement with Netlist after the dispute, and SK Hynix needs to pay about 40 million US dollars in patent royalties.
The US district court ruled in April 2023 that Samsung Electronics needs to compensate Netlist 303 million US dollars for patent infringement, but the patents involved in this lawsuit have been invalidated one after another, and Samsung Electronics does not need to pay this compensation.
Netlist said on the 20th of this month that the jury of the Federal District Court in the Central District of California recently ruled that Samsung Electronics seriously violated the joint development and licensing agreement signed in 2015 and revoked Samsung Electronics' patent license.