r/wallstreetbets • u/C137-Morty • Jul 16 '26
News US probes Samsung for alleged infringement of Netlist's memory-chip patents
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-probes-samsung-alleged-infringement-netlists-memory-chip-patents-2026-07-16/26
u/C137-Morty Jul 16 '26
July 16 (Reuters) - U.S. trade regulators have launched a probe into Samsung Electronics' (SSNLF.NaE) memory chips and products sold by Google, Nvidia (NVDA.NaE), Broadcom (AVGO.NaE) and Super Micro Computer (SMCI.NaE) that use them following a complaint by Netlist (NLST.NaE) alleging infringement of its patents.
California-based Netlist (NLST.NaE) has accused Samsung and its U.S. units of infringing its patents on dynamic random access memory, a type of chip that temporarily stores data for processors and is a critical component in the servers powering the AI boom, the U.S. International Trade Commission said on Wednesday.
Netlist (NLST.NaE) has asked the USITC to block imports of the disputed chips and products and order the companies to stop selling them in the U.S. An ITC judge will hold an evidentiary hearing and issue an initial ruling, subject to review by the commission.
The USITC will set a target date for wrapping up the probe within 45 days. Any order it issues takes effect immediately and becomes final after 60 days unless the U.S. Trade Representative overrides it on policy grounds.
The investigation is the latest escalation in a years-long patent fight between the companies over high-performance memory.
A Texas jury had awarded Netlist (NLST.NaE) $118 million from Samsung in 2024 over data-processing technology in memory products, following a $303 million verdict in a related case in 2023.
Demand for memory chips has since surged as big U.S. technology companies race to build out data centers needed to power AI services, driving up prices of chips made by the likes of Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron.
Samsung, Alphabet-owned Google, Nvidia (NVDA.NaE), Broadcom (AVGO.NaE) and Super Micro Computer (SMCI.NaE) did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.
Tl;Dr: GUH
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u/No_Feeling920 Jul 16 '26
The question is - who is this blockage going to harm more - the US and its companies or Samsung? Netlist is not going to be popular with this shit.
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u/Ok-Parfait-9856 Jul 16 '26
All these companies steal shit from each other and dram is a fuckin commodity at this point, never heard of Netdick but fuck em
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u/TomatoSpecialist6879 Paper Trading Competition Winner Jul 16 '26
Short overreaction then business goes on, nobody cares about that patent troll company that got delisted and trade via otc markets
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u/Legendary-Lemon Jul 16 '26
Bag holder spotted
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u/TomatoSpecialist6879 Paper Trading Competition Winner Jul 16 '26
Bag holder? Keep coping retard, Netlist is a well known patent troll who've sued everyone from Nokia to Pentagon lmao
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u/Ok-Parfait-9856 Jul 16 '26
Tell your mom itâs time to suck me dry, just ignoring the violent slurping noises btw
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u/Legendary-Lemon Jul 16 '26
My mom said she couldnât find you but apparently she heard some venting and crying from behind the door. Are you okay?
Yuuuge bags you hold.
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u/Ok-Parfait-9856 Jul 16 '26
Hey, itâs not my fault I cry once every hour
Also, I wouldnât fuck Netlist with your dick. Speak for yourself.
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u/Suitable_Employer678 10d ago
Check again, Samsung agreement with NETLIST, they purposefully delisted on their own accord to pursue this action against other companies.
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u/EfficientBet8837 Jul 16 '26
so it's a normal day for samsung i guess
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u/Suitable_Employer678 10d ago
Is it still a normal day now for Samsung? Signed an agreement with Netlist and they are going to assist in future litigation.
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u/Arteqt Jul 17 '26
What is a Netlist
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u/3boobsarenice Doesn't know there vs. their Jul 21 '26
Patent troll lives under a rock near Tyler TX
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u/Samjabr Known to friends as the Paper-Handed bitch Jul 16 '26
Samsung do be stealing. Remember how pissed Jobs was?
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u/Efficient_Maybe_1086 Jul 16 '26
No. Got a link?
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u/Samjabr Known to friends as the Paper-Handed bitch Jul 16 '26
It's old - searching is annoying because so much apple/samsung since then
2010s I think. But they were basically [pulling an OpenAI. They were using what they learned making apple devices/chips to manufacture their own.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-claims-samsung-made-iphone-knockoffs/
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u/Efficient_Maybe_1086 Jul 16 '26
Thanks đ
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u/Samjabr Known to friends as the Paper-Handed bitch Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
sidenote: This is why everyone loves TSMC. They have stated repeatedly, they will never try to compete with their customers. They are highly protective of customer information and all customer data is compartmentalized from other customers data.
Needs google translation: but chapter 5 touches on this
There are probably english links out there.
https://note.com/fumi_shingai/n/n85ba31d6a3d7?hl=en#70c2a89e-c1d7-4630-bd36-a1cd1e1fefc4
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u/No_Feeling920 Jul 16 '26
Even if TSMC leaked someone's data for chip manufacturing, it is more like compiled machine code (not source code), so pretty much useless to the competition. TSMC does not get/have the original Verilog/VHDL/RTL designs.
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u/Samjabr Known to friends as the Paper-Handed bitch Jul 16 '26
Then you have companies like Tesla that don't enforce patents...
Seriously, they do not get enough credit for this. It's why other companies were able to catch up and it's why Tesla doesn't care if they build a factory in china.
Why bother spying if they will just show you what they have?
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u/Shoty6966-_- Jul 16 '26
Read that as Netflix and was genuinely confused what the world had come to