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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-090933"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NLST"
cik: "0001282631"
company_name: "NETLIST INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T10:19:19.351642+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Netlist secures final judgment against Samsung for $303M patent damages

## Summary
- Final judgment in E.D. Texas upheld April 2023 jury verdict of $303,150,000 for willful infringement of five Netlist patents.
- Court awarded pre- and post-judgment interest and costs; Samsung's equitable defenses rejected in sealed bench trial.
- Netlist chose not to seek enhancement of past damages; confident judgment will withstand post-trial motions and appeal.
- Second patent case against Samsung in same court scheduled for trial in April 2024 on different set of patents.
- CEO stated patented HBM and DDR5 technologies are foundational to generative AI computing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-090933
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NLST
- cik: 0001282631
- company_name: NETLIST INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282631/000110465923090933/0001104659-23-090933-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282631/000110465923090933/tm2323654d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-090933.txt

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