EC questions Samsung, Apple on patents use

News Wireless Global 7 NOV 2011
EC questions Samsung, Apple on patents use
The European Commission is investigating the use of patents by Samsung Electronics and Apple. Samsung and Apple were sent requests for information on "the enforcement of standards-essential patents in the mobile-telephony sector," an EC spokeswoman confirmed to Bloomberg. Apple said in an earlier filing in a California court case that Samsung faced an EU antitrust investigation into its "egregious" misuse of patents. The company didn't indicate it also received a request for information in the filing. Apple wouldn't confirm whether it received a request for information from the EU and declined to comment beyond the California court filing. Samsung is cooperating with the EU request and "has at all times remained committed to fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing terms for our wireless standards-related patents," the company said.

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