Samsung is sued for infringing a patent on its biometric system

Samsung is one of the companies that take the most pride in its biometric systems (fingerprint, iris and facial recognition sensors). In fact, they are one of the pioneering companies in these systems. Although there seem to be some irregularities. Because the company has been sued in relation to one of these patents. They are sued by an American security company.

Samsung is sued for infringing a patent on its biometric system

PACid Technologies is the company in question suing them for infringing two American and one Korean patent with the technology the company uses on their phones.

Lawsuit against Samsung

It was earlier this month that the company filed its lawsuit against the Korean multinational. In addition, it appears that Knox and Samsung Pass, two of the company's services, are also involved in this lawsuit. Although at the moment the way in which they are related is unknown. The American firm comments that Samsung has known about these patents and the problem for more than a year.

With this lawsuit they demand from the company the payment of 2, 840 million dollars for infringing all these patents. So it is a major setback for the company if they finally have to pay this money. Although it is not known if this will occur.

PACid Technologies is known for having sued other companies in the sector. Amazon, Google or Apple have already suffered similar lawsuits for infringing patents. So we will see what happens with this new demand. Although looking at the previous history of the company, it does not promise too much success.

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