Just when you thoughts things couldn’t get any more complicated in the going Apple-Samsung legal wars, it has emerged that the European Commission is investigating the Korean firm’s use of patents in a move that could force Samsung to drop many of its legal cases against Apple if it is found guilty.
The investigation from The Commission, which proposes and implements legislation across the European Union, is ”the most important development” relating to the two companies’ ongoing disputes, according Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents, a blog that monitors software patent news and issues. Based on the findings, the Korean manufacturer may be forced to withdraw legal cases in Europe, with possible repercussions on other cases worldwide.
The Commission has launched an antitrust investigation to assess Samsung citing of 3G-related patents in legal cases aimed at banning the sale of a number of Apple devices across Europe.
Samsung is being investigated for possible misuse of fair, reasonable and and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing. FRAND licenses enable companies to share knowledge across the industry and work to developing open standards and technologies such as 3G or WiFi. Central to the European Commission’s inquiry is whether FRAND patent holders — which Apple and Samsung both are — can use patents to shut down products as Mueller further explains:
The investigation from The Commission, which proposes and implements legislation across the European Union, is ”the most important development” relating to the two companies’ ongoing disputes, according Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents, a blog that monitors software patent news and issues. Based on the findings, the Korean manufacturer may be forced to withdraw legal cases in Europe, with possible repercussions on other cases worldwide.
The Commission has launched an antitrust investigation to assess Samsung citing of 3G-related patents in legal cases aimed at banning the sale of a number of Apple devices across Europe.
Samsung is being investigated for possible misuse of fair, reasonable and and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing. FRAND licenses enable companies to share knowledge across the industry and work to developing open standards and technologies such as 3G or WiFi. Central to the European Commission’s inquiry is whether FRAND patent holders — which Apple and Samsung both are — can use patents to shut down products as Mueller further explains:
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