Samsung and its American unit willfully infringed US Patent Nos. 11,828,425 and 8,314,547, according to a jury’s verdict filed Monday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The jury said Samsung didn’t infringe three other patents Pictiva asserted.
Angela Quinlan, managing director for Pictiva and its parent company Key Patent, said in an emailed statement the companies are pleased with the verdict.
“Protecting our partners’ proprietary technology is essential to maintaining their competitive edge and ensuring technology pioneers like OSRAM, HPE and BlackBerry can continue to invest in the research and development that drives innovation forward,” Quinlan said.
Samsung didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Also on Monday, Judge Rodney Gilstrap denied Samsung’s motion for a mistrial, according to the court clerk’s office. The Sunday motion argued conduct by Pictiva’s counsel, Jason G. Sheasby of Irell & Manella LLP, including during closing arguments, improperly prejudiced the jury against it. Sheasby accused Samsung’s counsel of presenting false evidence and violating both court rules and Christian scripture during his rebuttal of its closing argument, “in a booming voice but with a dramatic, somber tone,” according to the motion.
“There can be no other explanation for this inflammatory remark other than that Mr. Sheasby intended to prejudice the jury by invoking false stereotypes of shadowy and unscrupulous corporate overlords and asserting a false, baseless fact about Samsung that the jury might believe to his client’s advantage,” Samsung said in the motion.
Sheasby said in an emailed statement, “The Court said on the record when dismissing Samsung’s motion in its entirety, ‘This has been a hard-fought trial’ and ‘there’s been as much given as there has been received on both sides.’”
Pictiva and Key Patent sued Samsung in October 2023, alleging the company infringed several patents with displays in products including Galaxy smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices.
The jury determined Samsung didn’t prove the patents were invalid.
Samsung owes $98.8 million for the ‘547 patent and $92.6 million for the ‘425 patent, according to the verdict.
McKool Smith PC also represents Pictiva and Key. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP and Gillam & Smith LLP represent Samsung.
The case is Pictiva Displays International Ltd. v. Samsung Electronics Co., E.D. Tex., No. 2:23-cv-495, 11/3/25.
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