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Ericsson is suing Samsung over use of essential GSM, GPRS and EDGE patents.
Ericsson has filed its complaint against Samsung, which holds third place in the world handset market against Sony Ericsson's fifth or sixth, in US district court in Texas, alleging the infringement of 11 patents in CDMA, W-CDMA and GSM/EDGE, including some related to power management.
The new filing comes in the wake of a lawsuit filed in February claiming that Samsung had failed to renew its patent license agreement with Ericsson and so no longer had the right to use technology covered by Ericsson patents in GSM/GPRS/EDGE. The license expired on December 31 last year and extensive negotiations have failed to produce a renewed agreement, according to Ericsson. The original deal was signed in 2002.
Ericsson claimed the objective of the lawsuit was not to secure damages, but to gain a court order banning Samsung from making use of proprietary, unlicensed technology in its mobile devices.
"It's more a matter to make them stop using our patents if they're not going to license them at a reasonable price."
However, the filing does also ask for punitive damages as well as payments to cover lost revenues.
TheRegister Article
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WHY THEY HATE[ This Message was edited by: axxxr on 2006-09-05 13:46 ]
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Posted: 2006-08-10 17:53:15
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Ouch!
That's going to hurt...
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Posted: 2006-08-10 18:10:08
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yep looks like this ones gonna get messy!
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Posted: 2006-08-10 20:04:22
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i hope /// wins bigtime, they should even force samsung to stop its production for several weeks
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Posted: 2006-08-10 20:06:52
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I totally agree.
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Posted: 2006-08-10 20:27:56
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hope ericsson wins
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[ This Message was edited by: Vercetti on 2006-08-10 19:33 ]
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thats good news. they should also barge them with using
phone names like P900.
that should get them real good, and i hope it gets messy and the whole public knows about it.
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Posted: 2006-08-10 20:37:54
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Ericsson should win
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[ This Message was edited by: ghostfreak on 2006-08-10 20:56 ]
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Posted: 2006-08-10 21:56:29
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The first thread has a mistake in it, Sony Ericsson has been in fourth place for around a month, pushing LG down one spot. Hopefully SE will continue to rise up til it reaches number 1!
I guess SE is already working on it, seeing how it's trying to slow down Samsung's production by all means necassary. HaHaHa, Sony and all its subsidiaries are pretty well known to try every trick in the book to bring down its opponents, even taking legal action over matters that could have been easily settled off court. Not that I'm complaining of course. XD Love their stuff
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I am beginning to like Samsung though . . . specially the D900 which dons a 3 MP camera . . . better than the K800's . . . in my OPINION !
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