Nvidia Wins Trial Brought by Samsung Over Memory-Chip Patent

Nvidia Corp. won a scaled back patent-infringement trial brought by Samsung Electronics Co. over computer-memory chip technology, potentially tipping the scales in a fight between the two over royalties for computer graphics.

Nvidia fended off a claim that it infringed a patent owned by Samsung, in a federal jury trial in Richmond, Virginia, said Friday. The case had originally started with four Samsung patents and was whittled down to just one after Samsung dropped one patent before trial and the judge ordered a mistrial on two others.