Purported "Industry Cast-Out" Sues Samsung

Radian Memory Systems LLC (RMS), a plaintiff tied to Fortress Investment Group LLC, has sued Samsung (2:24-cv-01073) over the provision of solid state drives and related products that support Zoned Namespaces (ZNS) technology. In the new Eastern District of Texas complaint, RMS asserts seven memory technology patents developed at Radian Memory Systems Inc. (RMSI), which it characterizes as having "pioneered a new paradigm for managing flash storage media that it called Cooperative Flash Management ('CFM')" but as having been "cast out by the industry".

RMS speculates that this reaction occurred, despite the company having been "recognized and praised in the industry", in potential "retaliation for Radian's refusal to join the NVMe industry standard organization and associated Technical Working Groups". Samsung is further alleged to have been a "key participant in the industry, serving not only as a member of the NVMe industry standard organization, but also as a