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I’m not sure whether it’s ‘cool’ to sue Samsung at the moment or something, but it seems Ericsson thinks so. It’s just filed a lawsuit against the South Korean giant for yet more patent infringement. It seems Samsung’s fighting on all fronts right now.
Apparently, Samsung failed to renew its licensing agreement for Ericsson’s ‘essential’ wireless patents, meaning every Samsung phone infringes, and maybe many other devices too. For what it’s worth, Samsung’s basically said Ericsson has jacked up the rent and is demanding way too much money for use of said patents.
No specific damages have been asked for, but considering Ericsson supposedly earned around £585 million last year from similar licencing agreements, I should think Ericsson will be pretty damn keen to keep others from pulling out too. An example of Samsung it’s likely to make.
For what it’s worth, at least Ericsson isn’t just another patent troll. It genuinely did do the pioneering work in mobile communications and therefore has a whole raft of patents to show for it. But then, it looks like Ericsson basically has Samsung, and likely everyone else, over a barrel with these ‘essential’ patent licences. [BBC]
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Nice, jumping on the lets sue Samsung bandwagon.
It’s not really jumping on the bandwagon though, there’s a legitimate claim here.
It’s a little bit different to the old ‘you stole our rectangle’ thing that’s been going on!
I was just mocking the situation. I am perfectly aware of the claims made via Ericsson to Samsung.
The Samsung business model seems to have been borrowed from Microsofts.
If I were Ericsson I would just try to get all the models banned, sod the damages. Samsung has grown too big taking / abusing the ideas of others ( As MSFT did ) and given their market share a licence would just cement their position.
Least there is legitimacy for this claim. Samsung can’t afford, or doesn’t want to, pay for the patents is oh so willingly uses from Ericsson. Bit of a shame on Samsungs part to be honest. If you want to use the tech, use it and pay the cost to the owners – or find someone else.
“An example of Samsung it’s likely to make”
Are you writing these articles from a swamp on Dagobah?
Taught you well, Yoda has.