Russ August & Kabat attorneys Marc Fenster, Reza Mirzaie, Adam Hoffman, Neil Rubin, Jacob Buczko, and James Tsuei won a jury verdict for their client, Solas OLED Ltd., confirming infringement by Samsung of two of Solas’s key patents on OLED display and touch sensor technology.
The patents asserted in trial against Samsung were U.S. Patent Nos. 9,256,311, which relates to flexible touch sensors; and 6,072,450 and 7,446,338, both of which relate to improved designs for organic light-emitting diodes.
The jury agreed with Solas that Samsung’s Galaxy phones and tablets infringed two of Solas’s asserted patents, and awarded $63M in damages. Additionally, the jury found that Samsung willfully infringed the ‘311 patent, after Solas showed Samsung to have not only learned of the patent soon after it issued, but also that Samsung received from confidential technical information from the ‘311 patent’s inventors for five years prior to releasing its first infringing device. Based on the jury’s willful infringement finding and the evidence Solas presented at trial, the Court awarded Solas an additional $15M in enhanced damages.
The jury verdict vindicates years of effort by Solas in confirming the value of its OLED and touch sensor patent portfolio. After the verdict, Solas’s co-founder, Gerald Padian commented in a press release: “We are humbled that a jury of our peers recognized the efforts and ingenuity of the inventors of the patents-in-suit, grateful to the Court and the jurors for their service; thrilled for the inventors; and, incredibly proud of the years of work and dedication of our own team to make this happen. Thanks to our team and our counsel Russ August & Kabat and Ward, Smith & Hill, for their hard work.”
The case is Solas OLED Ltd. v. Samsung Display Co. Ltd., Case No. 2:19-cv-00152-JRG (E.D. Tex.).