Tuesday, May 3rd 2016
NVIDIA and Samsung Agree to Settle All Outstanding IP Litigation
NVIDIA and Samsung have agreed to settle all pending intellectual property litigation between the two companies, NVIDIA announced today. The agreement will lead to the immediate dismissal of all pending IP litigation in U.S. district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. Patent Office between the companies. The settlement includes the licensing of a small number of patents by each company to the other, but no broad cross-licensing of patents or other compensation. Further details of the agreement are not being disclosed.
24 Comments on NVIDIA and Samsung Agree to Settle All Outstanding IP Litigation
Andy Grove regularly asked they legal department to find a company to sue. He figured if they are being paid, then they may as well be doing something.
Both Samsung and NVIDIA have been in plenty of legal entanglements and you don't know what the settlement was between the companies. If NVIDIA gets access to SAMSUNG fabs and other manufacturing technologies in future as a result of no ongoing litigation, then they may view that as a win. If Samsung could potentially lure NVIDIA away from TSMC then they may see that as a win as well.
It's not personal or about bringing anyone to their knees, it's just business.
www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/07/nvidia_and_samsung_patent_battle/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soup_Nazi
Isn't it time you started to realize that no one is clean and good in the industry? "GPU Nazi"? Intel must be Satan itself, then, because I'm having a hard time coming up with a historical figure surpassing Hitler and his gang in "evilness".
Punching above their weight and getting served the consequences may be a mistake that Nvidia made, but it's not one that's going to cost them their business. Big deal. Corporations don't hold grudges because they would all be out of business if they did. The only result that I see is Nvidia and Samsung carrying on as they always have.
But I understand you.
Nvidia is a sore loser (just douches in general), so this is how they admit defeat.
Poor NVIDIA, how will they survive with their pathetic market share and losses every quarter?
I can't actually find any article where Nvidia "whined like a baby". If you can provide a link or two, I'd love to read them.
I know it was meant as an expression of 'contempt' but to do so in comparison to Samsung (by far more corporately maladjusted) is plain stupid.
You ought to check the meaning of irony.
www.theverge.com/2013/8/3/4585700/president-obama-vetoes-samsung-patent-ban-on-iphone-4-and-select-ipads
And that, when banning Samsung, because, let me cite an apple "engineer": "when I used it for the first time, I thought it was iPhone" (talking about Samsung Galaxy phones)
PS
Truth be told, most global players are, well, global. Evading taxes on some tralala islands and what not.
Current Canadian litigation ($CAN 480m +$10m punitive damages sought) stemming from the use of faulty capacitors that Samsung only partially owned up to in 2012.
Dec 2015: South Korean bid-rigging by Samsung and others $157m
June 2015: US Class action regarding CRT price fixing by Samsung and others : $225m + $15m in state judgements and legal penalties.
Feb 2015:Reaches settlement with Microsoft after withholding IP license fees
Nov 2014 : Chinese LCD price fixing by Samsung: $15.9m
Sept 2014: EU SIM chip price fixing by Samsung: $46.15m.
Sept 2014: Canadian LCD price fixing by Samsung: $21.25m
Jan 2014: Samsung patent theft. Damage award to Ericsson: $650m
Oct 2013: Taiwanese regulatorsfine Samsung $340,000 for hiring people to post fake bad reviews of HTC products
Dec 2012: EU CRT price fixing by Samsung and others $197m
Jan 2012: FTC LCD price fixing by Samsung and others $22.6m
Dec 2011: US Class action LCD price fixing by Samsung and others $240m
Oct 2005: US DoJ DRAM price fixing by Samsung and others $300m + jail time and further fines for three Samsung execs
1998: Samsung bribery of U.S. Army personnel
....and that's without the whole Apple saga, a ton of domestic bribery of government agencies including the S.Korean judiciary, what looks like one hell of a shitshow with the Unaoil scandal that's brewing, and some assorted little stuff regarding various price fixing lawsuits including one brought by Radio Shack's receivers. AMD have been going at it for some time. Mostly unsuccessfully. Their current beef is with LG ( a company only slightly less corrupt than Samsung).
What is laughable is you looking at someone's specs to devalue his comment. And... the TV? Really? I mean.... REALLY? The TV? What Nvidia tried to do is add a TAX on EVERY PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE device that comes with a screen or sends picture to a screen. I guess your Nvidia shares will not skyrocket any time soon.
PS What CRT?
PS2 You made me thinking. Other than two 18650 Samsung Li ion batteries, that TV is the only Samsung equipment in this house. And the SSD. I forgot the SSD. Samsung 840 EVO. The only SSD than needs defragmentation. Probably there are some Samsung memory chips on the graphics cards or the system memory. Damn. It looks like I am a huge fan of Samsung after all.... :laugh:
...and you see Samsung's business model NOT being a danger to the consumer because they attempted to keep secret their DRAM price fixing, LCD price fixing, CRT price fixing, SIM chip price fixing, paying people to write false and damaging reviews about competitors products, using faulty components in televisions and other electronic goods and attempting to dupe consumers, and of course, bribery and bid rigging to strangle competition.
You are either a shill for Samsung or just a troll if you think that Samsung's level of corruption somehow equates to a better deal for consumers than Nvidia's practices - and that is without taking into account the scope of the respective companies product ranges and the level of detriment caused.
The fact that you can excuse the partial list of Samsung's abuses I posted while highlighting Nvidia's attempt at licensing - which I might add doesn't come anywhere close to your incoherent alarmist rant... ...and just paints you as someone out of touch with reality. Every display device??? What a f'ing joke considering the amount of cross-licence IP agreements, independent GPU IP, and displays that don't even use GPU IP.
When/if you calm down and manage to put things into perspective, and the red mist clears, maybe you can take some time to do some actual reading...
Tax evasion, bribery and price-fixing: How Samsung became the giant that ate Korea
You still haven't explained how I have both a CRT and an LCD from Samsung. And I don't expect you to explain it because you know how stupid your mistake was there. I mean it is hilarious.
PS In 20 years from now
"Nvidia: All autonomous cars use our technology".
But I have to admit that your explanation is more colorful and funny. Instead of saying "I did a mistake", a convenient mistake that would help you base that "Samsung fanboy" theory, you hit the panic button and turn to an aggressive way of replying, thinking that, by becoming aggressive, it will help you to cover up for that mistake and at the same time it will make you look better. Are you sure I am the one "providing laughs aplenty"?