For the second time in five months — and this time for good — a San Francisco federal district court judge has tossed Samsung’s antitrust claims against Panasonic over a patent licensing deal involving secure digital memory cards. “To quote Yogi Berra, ‘It’s deja vu all over again,’” said Jeffrey Kessler of Dewey & LeBoeuf, who represents Panasonic in the litigation.
Judge Jeffrey White of the Northern District of California dismissed Samsung’s earlier amended complaint back in August, finding that the company’s claims were barred by the Clayton Act’s four-year statute of limitations. But the judge left the door open for Samsung to file a new complaint asserting antitrust violations within the four-years prior to the suit. In an 8-page opinion issued on Tuesday, White dismissed Samsung’s second amended complaint and ordered the case closed, concluding that Samsung’s latest claims were also time barred.
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