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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Mobile network equipment giant Ericsson (ERICb.ST) has filed suit against mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (005930.KS) alleging patent infringement, Ericsson said on Friday.

"We have filed a lawsuit against Samsung for patent infringement in the U.S., UK, Germany and the Netherlands," said Ericsson spokeswoman Ase Lindskog.

"The reason is that we have had extensive negotiations with Samsung over a renewal of licences because their agreement with us expired on December 31 last year," she added. "They are using mobile phone patents which no longer have licences."

A spokeswoman for Samsung in Seoul declined to comment.

Patent infringement and other legal battles can be quite common in the tech sector, where companies spend heavily on research and development.

Ericsson was among companies which last year complained to the
European Union about Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq:QCOM - news), which they said was stifling competition in the mobile phone chip market. Qualcomm later filed a GSM patent suit against
Nokia Oyj

Lindskog said the technologies over which Ericsson had filed suit against Samsung were GSM, GPRS and EDGE.

"This is an unfortunate action but we must protect our shareholders and investors as we have invested large amounts in research and development over the years," she said.

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Posted: 2006-02-26 02:26:01
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BobaFett Posts: > 500

well done /// !

but thats just the way samsung, lg and the other south-korean wonder weapon factories work, they copy or act just like thief... no wonder, where from the hell do they put together a fone? its already a wonder, that those ribbish units works...
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Posted: 2006-02-26 03:04:52
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dr_thug Posts: > 500

boba

the same can be said about hyundai and daewoo and all...they dismantle jap and europe cars and copy them.

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Posted: 2006-02-26 03:13:31
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701 Posts: > 500

...they gotta do sething right cuz they r number 3 woldwide and their phones aren't dieing after a year. This message was posted from a WAP device
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Posted: 2006-02-26 11:36:56
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