3.25.2013

Samsung Countersues Ericsson and Seeks sales ban


Samsung has countersued Ericsson, a Swedish phone maker which sued Samsung for a patent infringement in November. It was sued last year for a same reason by Ericsson.

Samsung said that Ericsson infringed 20 of its patents and claimed a permanent injunction to ban the sales of Ericsson products which infringe Samsung’s patents, Wall Street Journal reported.

Samsung declared that it's "a willing licensee," but that "Ericsson demands unreasonable terms and conditions…Ericsson no doubt has plans to extract unreasonable fees from the rest of the industry unless stopped by Samsung here." Ericsson announced in a statement, "We anticipate that the court will resolve the claims in our favor and we hope that this will lead to a cross-license agreement on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms."

These lawsuits would not be a big fight because they are not considered as a big competitors, Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Mark Newman added to WSJ.

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324103504578371902710149908.html

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