Samsung, one of the leading smartphone manufacturers in the world, is picking a legal fight with NVIDIA, a pioneer in the graphics processing industry, as the South Korean firm files a complaint claiming that the latter infringed the former's intellectual property.
For experts, Samsung's move seems to be a form of retaliation for a complaint made against it by NVIDIA in September. The graphics-card-developing giant sued both Samsung and Qualcomm, a leading mobile phone chip manufacturer, claiming that they infringed seven of NVIDIA's patents. NVIDIA won the case and was even awarded damages by the U.S. court.
NVIDIA's patent-infringement complaint covered several devices from Samsung including the Galaxy Tab S, the Galaxy S5 and the Galaxy Note 4.
The International Trade Commission (ITC), the federal agency involved in trading disputes, did not make any comment whether NVIDIA's claims were legitimate, but it did confirm in October that it will be investigating the claims.
In response to the IP complaint, Samsung also filed its own complaint not only against INVIDA, but also against other tech manufacturers such as Wikipad, Mad Catz, OUYA and ZOTAC. The full list of devices Samsung wants to ban was not published.
Earlier this month, the South Korean tech firm's patent infringement complaint revealed that the SHIELD Tablet from NVIDIA is one of the devices that is claimed to infringe eight patents from Samsung.
Samsung dealt another blow as it claims that NVIDIA falsely advertised its SHIELD Tablet as containing the fastest mobile processor in the world. Samsung claims that its Exynos 5433 scores better. However, NVIDIA released a range of benchmark tests that prove otherwise.