Samsung sues Ericsson for ban on 7 patents in US

"TechWeb reported December 115.html" >26 Day news, according to foreign media reports, Samsung Tuesday, said the company has submitted a petition to the Federal Trade Commission, the Swedish communications equipment manufacturer Ericsson's infringing products issued import and sales ban. Before Samsung appealed, Ericsson sued Samsung for patent infringement and sought an import ban on Samsung's infringing products.

A Samsung spokesman hinted that the company had previously negotiated with Ericsson, but eventually failed to appeal. "We tried to negotiate with Ericsson, hoping to resolve the dispute," he said. But Ericsson has made unreasonable demands that there be no negotiation to resolve the dispute, and we can only resort to the court. Samsung's patent claims include 7 telecommunications technologies, including Ericsson's base redevelop, among other products.

Ericsson is a globally renowned manufacturer of telecommunications equipment. Analysts said that Ericsson's network equipment division suffered a 17% loss in the third quarter of this year, and the company had to make up for losses by imposing a patent tax. Compared with Ericsson, Samsung is a small player in the telecommunications hardware market, but it has made the former feel threatened.

"I 211.html" > think that in today's form, any company in the field of telecommunications will not underestimate Samsung's ability, Samsung will certainly become an important player in this field if not the leader, "Florin Moulles, the famous American patent expert" Florian Mueller said in Monday on the blog. (Xiao Feng)