Samsung Owes Mojo $192 Million in Wireless Tech Patent Suit (1)

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and its American unit owe Mojo Mobility Inc. $192.14 million for willfully infringing wireless charging patents by placing similar technology into its Galaxy smartphone product line, a federal jury determined Friday.

Samsung infringed US Patent Nos. 9,577,440; 11,201,500; 11,316,371; 11,462,942 and 11,342,777, which concern methods for wirelessly charging mobile devices, according to a verdict in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Samsung didn’t prove the patents were invalid, according to the jury.

Steve Pollinger and Jennifer Truelove of McKool Smith, counsel for Mojo, said Mojo’s inventor was able ...