Samsung files ITC complaint to block Nvidia chips from U.S. - Bloomberg

Elitegroup Computer Systems Co

22/11/2014 01:53

Nov 21 (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 
 005930.KS  has filed a complaint with the U.S. International 
Trade Commission seeking to block computer-graphics chips made 
by Nvidia Corp  NVDA.O   from the U.S. market, Bloomberg 
reported. 
    Samsung had accused Nvidia of infringing several of its 
chip-related patents and for making false claims about its 
products, counter-suing after Nvidia filed a suit against the 
company in September. 
    The Korean company's lawsuit came after Nvidia accused it 
and rival Qualcomm Inc  QCOM.O  of infringing patents on its 
graphics-processing unit (GPU).  ID:nL3N0R61S0  
    Samsung, which had filed the lawsuit in a U.S. federal court 
on Nov. 4, is seeking damages for deliberate infringement of 
several technical patents, including a few that govern the way 
semiconductors buffer and use data. 
    The Bloomberg report said that the ITC complaint also named 
computer-parts manufacturers Biostar Microtech International 
Corp  2399.TW  and Elitegroup Computer Systems Co  2331.TW . (http://bloom.bg/1zKYwdE) 
  
 
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Keywords: SAMSUNG NVIDIA/ITC