McKool Smith, along with Irell & Manella and led by Jason Sheasby, secured a $118 million patent infringement verdict on behalf of Netlist against Samsung, with a jury finding Samsung willfully infringed Netlist’s ‘912, ‘417, and ‘608 patents related to memory module technology, and more specifically, to a concept called rank multiplication.
The verdict was announced on November 22, 2024, following a 5-day jury trial before Judge Rodney Gilstrap in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
This verdict builds on a previous courtroom victory in which Judge Gilstrap upheld a $303 million patent infringement award secured by McKool Smith and Irell & Manella on behalf of Netlist against Samsung in April 2023. Jurors found that Samsung willfully infringed three Netlist patents related to computer memory technology. The $303 million verdict was recognized as the third largest “Top Patent Damages Awards of 2023” by Law360 and a “Top 100 Verdict” of 2023 by VerdictSearch.
“We appreciate the jury’s time and care in closely examining the facts of the case,” said McKool Smith Principal Jennifer Truelove. “As we maintained throughout trial, Netlist’s novel patents were clearly infringed. Our client is pleased with the verdict.”
The case is Netlist Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al., case number 2:22-cv-293, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
With more than 130 trial lawyers across offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Marshall, New York, and Washington, D.C., McKool Smith has established a reputation as one of America’s leading trial firms. The Firm has secured 18 nine-figure jury verdicts and 16 eight-figure jury verdicts, obtaining more VerdictSearch and The National Law Journal “Top 100 Verdicts” than any other law firm. These courtroom successes have earned McKool Smith critical acclaim and helped the Firm become what The Wall Street Journal describes as “one of the biggest law firm success stories of the past decade.” McKool Smith represents clients in complex commercial litigation, intellectual property, bankruptcy, insurance recovery, and white collar defense matters.
