Samsung wants to sue $ 3 billion for biometric technology in the flagships
American company PACid Technologies filed in Texas District Court of Arbitration against Samsung Electronics, accusing her at illegal use of their patents.
Because of what are being sued
AT PACid Technologies assure that the South Korean manufacturer in the development of biometric technologies violated three patents related to encryption of data. Alien developments allegedly helped Samsung to create human recognition systems by iris, fingerprint and face.
How many
Such sensors are flagships Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge +, Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 +. Therefore, counting the income of Samsung with 2016, in PACid Technologies demanded $ 3 for each device sold, and it's in total $ 2.82 million.
Lawyers of the company are already preparing an answer to the put forward claims.
Who are PACid Technologies
It is a company that develops technologies related to encryption, but not uses them herself. The there is nothing produces, and earns by selling licenses. Therefore, its called the " patent troll " . In addition to Samsung, PACid Technologies also sues Google, Apple, Nintendo and other
Source: GSMArena