Ericsson sues Samsung for Violating Patents

 The world's biggest telecom network equipment maker, Ericsson, announced that it was suing Samsung in a US court for violating patents. The two companies were negotiating for 2 years and haven’t reached agreement between them.

"Ericsson has tried long and hard to amicably come to an agreement with Samsung and sign a license agreement on FRAND terms. We have turned to litigation as a last resort," Kasim Alfalahi, chief intellectual property officer at Ericsson said in a statement, Reuters reported. Ericsson is looking for sales ban of mobile devices in US, including the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II, and also cameras, TVs of Samsung.

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Mashable.com noted Ericsson’s two complaints. Ericsson argued that Samsung requested to renew licenses for Ericsson technologies at rates much lower than other companies pay, and also witheld access to its own patents as a retaliatory move to pressure Ericsson into accepting a lower price.

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