The ITC has ruled that Samsung and Qualcomm did not infringe on patents owned by chipmaker NVIDIA. The suit was filed last year, and revolves around patents on GPU chips owned by NVIDIA. The latter took the issue to the ITC, requesting that Samsung devices using Qualcomm’s Adreno graphic processor, ARM’s Mali GPU, or Power VR’s graphics design be banned from sale in the U.S.
Judge Thomas Pender said that Samsung did not infringe on a couple of NVIDIA’s patents, but did infringe on a third. However, the judge ruled that patent to be invalid because it was not considered a new invention. NVIDIA …
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