Commission investigates Samsung over 3G patents
31 January 2012
James Nurton, London
The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into whether Samsung Electronics breached EU competition law by enforcing standard-essential patents for 3G technology
The case was launched today and will be examined as a matter of priority.
In 1998 Samsung declared to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) that it would license its standard-essential patents on...
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