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14 May 2019Patents

Samsung and haptic tech company agree licensing deal

South Korean electronics company Samsung and California-based Immersion have agreed to a settlement and global licence agreement.

The agreement, which will resolve the global patent infringement litigation brought by Immersion, was announced yesterday, May 13.

Ramzi Haidamus, president and CEO of Immersion, said: “We are delighted to have resolved this litigation and to grant Samsung a licence for our patents and advanced haptic technologies.”

Haidamus added: “We are excited to start a new chapter in our partnership with Samsung aimed at delivering high-quality haptics in their mobile devices.”

In March last year, WIPR reported that the US technology company had filed a lawsuit alleging that Samsung’s touchscreen products including the Galaxy S8 infringe patents related to haptic (touch interaction) technology.

The technology company is a developer and licensor of haptic technology, owning more than 2,900 patents and pending patents.

Immersion filed its claims at the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Marshall Division and the Fuzhou Intermediate Court in China.

In the US complaint, Immersion claimed that Samsung had licensed haptic software from Immersion for many years before declining to renew its software and patent licence in 2015.

But, Samsung allegedly “continued to include the haptic feedback technology covered by the patents in its new products” and sells them in the US.

This was the second set of complaints that Immersion has filed against Samsung.

In August 2017, Immersion sued Samsung in the same Texas district court and Motorola Mobility in Delaware, alleging that both companies’ smartphones infringe five patents relating to haptic technology.

Immersion has previously asserted patents against Apple. The dispute ended in a settlement and licensing agreement between the parties in January 2018.

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