(Reuters) - A federal jury in Marshall, Texas, on Friday awarded computer memory company Netlist ( NLST ) $118 million in damages from Samsung Electronics ( SSNLF ) in a patent lawsuit over technology for improving data processing in high-performance memory products.

The verdict follows a $303 million verdict against Samsung for Irvine, California-based Netlist ( NLST ) in a related case last year.

Netlist also won $445 million from chipmaker Micron in May in a separate lawsuit over some of the same patents.

Spokespeople for Samsung and Netlist ( NLST ) did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the Friday verdict. The jury also determined that Samsung's infringement was willful, which could lead to a judge increasing the award by up to three times.

Netlist ( NLST ) sued Samsung in 2022, alleging that the Korean tech giant's memory modules used in cloud computing servers and other data-intensive technology infringed its patents. Netlist ( NLST ) said its innovations increase the power efficiency of memory modules and enable users to "derive useful information from vast amounts of data in a shorter period."

Samsung denied the allegations, arguing that the patents were invalid and that its technology worked differently than Netlist's ( NLST ) inventions.

Samsung has also filed a related lawsuit in Delaware federal court accusing Netlist ( NLST ) of breaking an obligation to offer fair licenses for technology required to comply with international standards.