EU Charges Samsung With Abusing Vital Telecoms Patent

Dupple sends this news from Reuters: "The European Commission charged Samsung Electronics on Friday with abusing its dominant position in seeking to bar rival Apple from using a patent deemed essential to mobile phone use. The Commission sent a 'statement of objections' to the South Korean group, with its preliminary view that Samsung was not acting fairly. 'Intellectual property rights are an important cornerstone of the single market. However, such rights should not be misused when they are essential to implement industry standards, which bring huge benefits to businesses and consumers alike,' Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said in statement."

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[TheSpoom]

The Commission sent a 'statement of objections' to the South Korean group, with its preliminary view that Samsung was not acting fairly.

Samsung then wiped their asses with it and sent it back.

Re:Play by the rules, you won't get burned

[easyTree]

Apple are playing by rule from the Big Book of Business:
* Rule 73b clause ii) Doubly-maximize profits by selling your shiny-yet-behind-the-curve-when-sold product to retards for 2.5 actual market worth whilst simultaneously obtaining the hardware at such low costs that the supplier *literally* enslaves its 'workers' to meet demand to the extent that they are jumping to their deaths to escape.