Staton Techiya, LLC and Synergy IP Corporation have filed a second Eastern District of Texas case against Samsung (2:22-cv-00053). Four more earphone/earpiece patents join ten already in suit after the plaintiff pair’s November 2021 complaint, to which Samsung has responded with 11 petitions for inter partes review (IPR), an answer, and multiple counterclaims, not only of noninfringement and invalidity but also concerning trade secret misappropriation, breach of fiduciary duty, and civil conspiracy. Those counterclaims name as additional defendants Seung-Ho Ahn and Sungil Cho, who Samsung pleads “obtained access to the confidential information at issue, at least in part, in connection with their representation of and work with Samsung’s United States entity that has facilities” within the Eastern District of Texas.