Samsung ordered to pay nearly half a billion dollars for patent infringement

Texas jury ordered Samsung Electronics to pay $445.5 million to New Hampshire's Collision Communications for willfully infringing four wireless communication interference reduction patents in Galaxy smartphones, tablets, and laptops. The Eastern District of Texas verdict followed a four-day trial before Judge Gilstrap. Collision alleged Samsung incorporated its patented signal-processing techniques without license despite prior collaboration discussions from 2011-2014. Samsung faces potential enhanced damages up to three times the award.