EU hits Samsung with 'potential misuse' of patents
As expected, the European Union's European Commission (EC) has filed a formal "statement of objections" against Samsung over its actions in cases against Apple.
The EU's competition-governing body today announced that, in its "preliminary view," Samsung's requests for injunctions against Apple products over their alleged use of wireless patents Samsung owns "amounts to an abuse of a dominant position prohibited by EU antitrust rules."
Here's what Joaquin Almunia, the EC's competition chief, has to say about the move:
Intellectual-property rights are an important cornerstone of the single market. However, … Read more