Legal: According to the European Commissioner for Competition, Samsung has made new proposals in Brussels about the exploitation of patents on "essential".The Korean could find common ground and avoid an antitrust lawsuit.
Samsung makes it a misuse of patents to prevent competition in Europe? Yes had sliced the European authorities , who in 2011 opened an investigation into the practices of the Korean manufacturer.
And this process will soon come to an end. This was suggested by the European competition commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, in a speech in New York.
Patents: Samsung Will he align words and deeds?
Samsung has indeed submitted new commitments to meet the expectations of Brussels - the previous having been deemed insufficient from the point of view of the regulator. These proposals, which are not detailed says Reuters , will be subject to market. European authorities then decide to approve or not.
The dispute relates to patents essential to the proper functioning of smartphones and subject to the rules of the FRAND license. For Brussels, Samsung has abused its patents on standardized technologies and require non-reasonable royalties.
Korean is not the only manufacturer to be criticized in this area. Google, through its subsidiary, Motorola is also accused of not respecting the principles of FRAND license. The manufacturer and demanded $ 4 billion in royalties to Microsoft in exchange for a license on several patents on standards. The U.S. Justice ruled against Motorola.
Paradoxically, in spite of sometimes abusive practices, major IT, which just Samsung, have formed a coalition in Europe for alarm risk drifts arising from European unitary patent, including the emergence of "patent trolls" and improper use applications sales ban.
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