Samsung Hit With $191.4 Million Verdict for Infringing OLED Display Patents

A federal jury in Texas has awarded Pictiva Displays $191.4 million in damages after finding that Samsung Electronics infringed two U.S. patents covering organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology.

The jury verdict, issued on Nov. 3, at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Marshall, Texas, followed a lawsuit filed by Pictiva in 2023 alleging that a wide range of Samsung devices, including Galaxy smartphones, televisions, computers, and wearable products, incorporate technology that enhances OLED display resolution, brightness, and power efficiency.

OLED displays, which offer higher brightness, improved contrast, and lower power consumption compared with traditional LCD screens, are widely used in smartphones, TVs, and other consumer electronics.

Pictiva, an Ireland-based subsidiary of Key Patent Innovations, owns hundreds of patents originally developed by photonics company OSRAM in the early 2000s. It argued that Samsung’s products violated its intellectual property rights. Samsung denied the allegations and contended that the patents were invalid.

In a statement issued on Nov. 3, Irell & Manella LLP, which represented Pictiva, said Samsung was looking to pay $1.7 million. The jury decided that Samsung infringed on two Pictiva patents and it should therefore pay damages totaling $191.4 million.

Representatives of Pictiva and Samsung did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Earlier in October, a federal jury in the same jurisdiction ruled that Samsung must pay about $445.5 million in damages to Collision Communications. That verdict came after a jury decided that Samsung’s laptops, smartphones, and other wireless-enabled devices infringe upon four Collision patents. Collision’s case was originally filed in 2023.

In September, Samsung agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to Headwater Research to settle a patent lawsuit that had previously led to a $279 million verdict against the Korean tech giant. In that case, originally filed in 2022, it was alleged that Samsung infringed on a technology allowing wireless devices to reduce data usage and extend their battery life.

In 2024 and 2023, Samsung was hit with multimillion-dollar verdicts in the same jurisdiction.

In 2024, a jury verdict called for $192.1 million in damages to be paid to Mojo Mobility on the grounds that Samsung infringed on its wireless charging technology patents.

In 2023, a jury verdict awarded Netlist Inc. $303 million in damages after it ruled that Samsung infringed on several patents related to high-performance computing.