Samsung Faces EU Antitrust Complaint Over Apple Patent Clash
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Samsung Electronics Co. faces a European Union antitrust complaint over its use of standard-essential patents in legal disputes with Apple Inc., the EU’s competition commissioner said.
“We will adopt the statement of objections very soon,” Joaquin Almunia, the bloc’s antitrust chief, said at a press conference in Brussels today. He said the formal notice listing antitrust concerns could be sent as soon as the end of the year. The EU is probing whether Samsung violated agreements to license key patents to other mobile-phone manufacturers on fair terms.