Samsung Denied Early Win in Texas Patent Infringement Battle

December 5, 2023, 8:01 PM UTC

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd failed to win an early exit from an upcoming patent infringement trial over virtual assistant-enabled smartphones and earphones that respond to spoken commands, according to a Texas federal court order posted Tuesday.

The South Korean electronics giant asked for pre-trial rulings that its products don’t infringe three of the 14 patents Staton Techiya LLC and Synergy IP Corp. accused it of violating in a 2021 complaint in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Judge Rodney Gilstrap, who will preside over the Jan. 19 trial of these claims, today denied Samsung’s request citing ...

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