Samsung may have violated antitrust rules in Europe

European Union's executive arm, the Commission, has informed Samsung of its preliminary view that the company's seeking of injunctions...

December 22, 2012 / 10:30 IST

European Union's executive arm, the Commission, has informed Samsung of its preliminary view that the company's seeking of injunctions against Apple for allegedly infringing "standard-essential" patents in the EU amounts to an abuse of a dominant position.According to industry agreements, companies owning the rights to essential phone technology must usually license it to competitors on what are called fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms.Samsung may be violating some antitrust laws

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first published: Dec 22, 2012 10:21 am

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