Netlist has filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) seeking an import ban on Micron memory chips used in artificial intelligence computing products from Google, Nvidia and Broadcom.

The company filed the complaint under confidential status on Friday and publicly announced the filing on Tuesday. Netlist claims that Micron chips and the technology companies' products infringe two of its patents covering high-bandwidth memory technology.

The requested remedy is broad. Netlist wants the ITC to block imports into the United States of Micron dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) devices, along with graphics processors, servers and other products from Google, Nvidia and Broadcom that the complainant says contain the infringing technology.

No immediate comment from the respondents

Representatives of Micron, Google, Nvidia and Broadcom did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the complaint.

Netlist CEO C K Hong defended the action. He said the company had spent decades developing advanced memory technologies that are now used in the rapidly growing AI infrastructure market.

A track record of patent litigation

The ITC filing is not Netlist's first move against Micron. In 2024, the company secured a $445 million verdict against Micron in a patent infringement case heard in federal court in Marshall, Texas.

In August, Netlist filed a separate ITC complaint against Micron over memory chips used in products by Super Micro Computer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Lenovo.

That same month, the company settled a separate patent dispute with Samsung. The settlement followed verdicts totaling $421 million against the South Korean manufacturer.

The new complaint extends Netlist's litigation campaign into the highest-value segment of the memory market: AI accelerators and the servers built around them. An ITC import ban, if granted, would directly affect supply chains for Google, Nvidia and Broadcom hardware sold in the United States.