(December 9, 2015, 1:57 PM EST) -- MARSHALL, Texas — A request by Samsung Electronics Co. (SEC) Ltd. and several subsidiaries for a summary judgment ruling of no willful infringement should be denied, a Texas federal magistrate judge recommended Dec. 8 (ZiiLabs Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., et al., No. 14-203, E.D. Texas).

(Decision available. Document #16-151214-014Z.)

Citing Powell v. Home Depot USA Inc. (663 F.3d 1221, 1236-37 [Fed. Cir. 2011]), U.S. Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne of the Eastern District of Texas said “disputed facts remain, and ‘in circumstances where separate...