Five years of respite. Samsung will no longer attack his classmates to justice for half a decade on some patents relate to our colleagues at ZDNet.com . It ends with a procedure at the European Commission , Samsung aligning its actions on promises made a few days ago.
This is the European authority who announced in a statement released today . The Commission hopes that this will relieve the industry of new technologies, while Samsung promises not to attack his competitors on "patents on standards," often required for interoperability issues.
Avoid super-fine
In exchange, the company that wants to use protected by patents Samsung technologies will have to pay license fees to be reasonable, fair and non-discriminatory terms. In case of disagreement on these rights for more than a year, a court may be referred to arbitration.
This information is part of Samsung's recent concessions to the European Commission. The giant hopes to avoid a super-fine, but nothing is settled yet. The Commission expects a return competitors Samsung, then make a decision for the future.
If the manufacturer failed to reach an agreement to prevent him fine, he faces up to $ 18.3 billion in penalties. 10% of its turnover in 2012. What do think twice, even if the Commission has insisted that it does not constitute a ban complaint for violation of his right to the intellectual property of other patents. Its primary goal is to end the patent war launched in 2011 by the giant.
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