Is the press coverage of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Netlist, Inc. aligned with the court record?

Coverage leans toward the plaintiff. No classified ruling yet to compare against the court record.

Patent DED1:21-cv-01453Closed

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Netlist, Inc.

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Samsung Electronics is suing Netlist over patent infringement, with Google and Alphabet named as cross and counter defendants. The lawsuit involves patents related to semiconductor memory technology. Samsung alleges Netlist's products infringe its intellectual property rights in this competitive chipmaking space.

Summary generated by AI from public docket data. Verify against the original filing before relying on it.

Coverage vs realityPress: plaintiff

Prior 18P · 24D · 24N (127 articles)→Recent 30d 1P · 0D · 2N (6 articles)

Press coverage leans plaintiff-favorable; no court ruling has been classified yet.

Coverage breakdown — the articles behind the meter

35 plaintiff-favorable · 54 defendant-favorable · 44 neutral articles

The meter counts distinct coverage events, not articles: 19 plaintiff · 24 defendant · 26 neutral events — a burst of same-stance coverage counts once, however many outlets ran it.

Plaintiff-favorable

Micron and Netlist settle memory patent disputeBlocks & Files · 2026-10-08
Micron folds over Netlist memory patent disputeBlocks & Files · 2026-10-08
First Samsung, Now Micron: Netlist’s Patent Offensive Unlocks Another $600 MillionTradingView · 2026-10-07
Micron agrees to pay Netlist $600 million to end patent warStartup Fortune · 2026-10-06

Defendant-favorable

Netlist and Samsung Sign Five-Year Patent, Supply, and Technology AgreementsStorageReview.com · 2026-08-10
Netlist and Samsung Sign Five-Year Patent, Supply, and Technology AgreementsStorageReview.com · 2026-08-10
Samsung to pay Netlist up to US$897 million to settle memory patent disputedigitimes · 2026-08-06
Samsung Electronics settles patent dispute with Netlist through 5-year licensing dealThe Korea Times · 2026-08-06

Coverage sentiment vs. docket activity over time

Counsel of record

For the plaintiff

Independent counselAlan M. Rabinowitz, Azaad Zimmermann, Cameron Lindsay +7 more
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLPAnthony David Raucci

For the defendant

Independent counselAndrew J. Strabone, Daniel E. Yonan, David Z. Kahn +2 more

Other counsel (amici, etc.)

Independent counselDeepa Acharya, Elle Wang, Michael Trombetta
Richards, Layton & Finger, PASara M. Metzler

Court: DED
Docket no.: 1:21-cv-01453
Nature of suit: Patent
Judge: Jennifer L. Hall
Filed: 2021-10-15
Last filing: 2026-09-15
Terminated: 2026-08-20

Cause

35:1 Patent Infringement

Entities in this case

Samsung106 Netlist30

Parties

Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. (plaintiff) Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (plaintiff) Netlist, Inc. (defendant) Alphabet Inc. (cross defendant) Google LLC (counter defendant)

Docket entries

2026-03-06
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2023-12-01
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2023-11-30
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2023-11-29
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2023-11-27
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2023-09-11
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2023-08-11
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2023-07-12
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2023-06-28
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2023-06-28
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2022-12-21
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2022-12-07
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2022-12-01
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2022-11-29
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2022-10-07
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2022-08-25
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2022-08-24
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2021-11-17
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2021-11-16
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2021-11-11
No description on file

Docket history from CourtListener/RECAP — most recent first.

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Summary

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