By Michael Calia
Nvidia Corp. said on Wednesday that Samsung Electronics Co.
filed a lawsuit earlier this month accusing Nvidia of infringing on
some of the South Korean company's patents, the latest shot in the
companies' battle over mobile technology.
In a complaint filed on Nov. 10 in a federal court in Virginia,
Samsung alleged that Nvidia infringed upon six patents while
falsely advertising that its Tegra K1 processor is the world's
fastest mobile processor, according to a Nvidia's filing on
Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Samsung is seeking damages, which were unspecified, as well as
an injunction against Nvidia to prohibit future alleged violations,
Nvidia said, adding that it has yet to respond to the
complaint.
A representative for Samsung didn't respond to a request for
comment.
The Samsung lawsuit comes more than two months after Nvidia
filed complaints with the U.S. International Trade Commission and
the U.S. District Court in Delaware against Samsung and Qualcomm
Inc. over alleged infringement of patent s covering graphics chips
in mobile devices.
Nvidia, likewise, didn't disclose the damages it was seeking in
the September lawsuit, but it has asked the ITC to block imports of
many Samsung smartphones and tablets, such as the Galaxy Note 4 and
the Galaxy Tab S.
The ITC started an investigation into Nvidia's claim on Oct. 22,
resulting in the Delaware court granting a motion to stay Nvidia's
lawsuit against Samsung and Qualcomm, Nvidia said in its
filing.
Write to Michael Calia at michael.calia@wsj.com
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