Two Plaintiffs—One Connected to a Private Equity Firm and the Other, to a Former Licensing Executive—Sue Samsung
November 5, 2021
Staton Techiya, LLC (as patent owner) and Synergy IP Corporation (as exclusive licensee) have together sued Samsung (2:21-cv-00413) over ten patents generally related to earphone/earpiece technologies. In the new Eastern District of Texas complaint, the pair of plaintiffs targets the provision of “certain Bixby-enabled smartphones and earphones”. This litigation is the second of 2021 to involve both Samsung and Synergy IP, a Korean monetization firm with which “a former Samsung licensing executive and attorney” now appears to be working.
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