DSS Technology Management (DSS), a subsidiary of Document Security Systems Incorporated, has filed a lawsuit against NEC, Samsung, and Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC). DSS alleges defendants are directly infringing and/or inducing others (end users, manufacturers, and retailers) to infringe a patent related to a lithographic patterning process for semiconductor fabrication (5,652,084). DSS’s complaint targets semiconductors made via TSMC’s and Samsung’s 28 nanometer node processes. Accused products include TSMC’s Snapdragon processors and Cyclone V SoCS and Samsung’s Exynos processor and Galaxy Note 3. This appears to be the first time ‘084 has been litigated.