Samsung Dodges Injunction Bid in $445 Million Patent Dispute

A patent owner failed to convince a Texas federal judge to block sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s infringing products in a $445 million smartphone technology dispute.

Collision Communications Inc. didn’t meet each of the factors to support a permanent injunction against Samsung, Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas held in a decision filed Monday.

Collision sufficiently supported its argument that Samsung’s ongoing infringement is irreparable harm. But the patent holder didn’t identify the hardship it would face absent injunctive relief, didn’t show that Samsung wouldn’t have an issue of complying otherwise, ...