EU Charges Samsung With Abusing Vital Telecoms Patent

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 21, 2012 @08:50AM from the jig-is-up dept.

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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Re:And yet... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-21 09:05 · Score: 0, Troll

Design patent vs basic FRAND patent. Shut your pie-hole, fandroid.
Re:And yet... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-21 09:12 · Score: 0, Troll

Apple didn't agree to be part of a standards body and put FRAND terms on their "rounded corners" patents, then subsequently renege on on said agreement when it became inconvenient.
Yeah, I know what you're going to say next. Apple demanded they pay less than anyone else. So? What's that have to do anything? It's called negotiation. Why is unfair that apple demand better terms, like any business should?