Samsung did not infringe Nvidia graphics chip patents: U.S. ITC

By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has been cleared on its use of graphics chip technology owned by Nvidia Corp without permission, in a U.S. International Trade Commission ruling on Friday. Judge Thomas Pender said Samsung did not infringe two Nvidia patents, and while it did infringe a third, he ruled that patent is invalid because it was not a new invention compared with previously known patents. Nvidia spokesman Robert Sherbin said the ruling will be reviewed by