Netlist’s $12 Million Award Sinks Bid to Block Samsung’s Sales

Samsung Electronics Co. can keep selling certain computer-memory products because part of a Texas federal jury’s $118 million verdict tied to one Netlist Inc. patent covers both past and future infringement, a US district judge ruled.

While Netlist “may have requested a running royalty, its request is irrelevant—the jury found that a lump sum award” of $12 million “adequately compensates” the company, Judge Rodney Gilstrap wrote in an opinion issued Jan. 31 in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He denied Netlist’s motion for a preliminary injunction and subsequent permanent injunction upon the resolution of all ...