Samsung threatens LTE iPhone with patent lawsuit
Samsung has decided to extend the patent dispute against Apple directly with the introduction of the next iPhone. The South Korean company will use its patent portfolio while on the fast LTE data radio, as a Samsung executive said on Monday the Korea Times. According to recent media reports, supports the sixth-generation iPhone, the Apple introduces expected on Wednesday, the faster wireless standard.
Samsung Electronics had decided to initiate immediate legal action against Apple, said a manager of the newspaper. "European countries and the U.S. - Apple's home market - are our primary goals." Samsung had previously threatened with lawsuits, help if the new iPhone LTE should.
The company was last year failed in its launch of the iPhone 4S in several countries - including Italy and France - to stop by restraining orders. As the Group for relevant standard UMTS patents in the field led, although their licensing on fair and non-discriminatory terms (FRAND) was pledged to the EU Commission established since the beginning of the year against Samsung. With LTE patents but this was a whole different story, another Samsung manager stressed to the South Korean newspaper - these were "new and highly valuable."
Samsung suffered a few weeks ago a defeat in a patent litigation with Apple in California. The jury found that several units of the South Korean violate Apple patents, and have the iPhone maker awarded at least $ 1.05 billion damages. In the aftermath of Apple expanded another lawsuit on Samsung's current top model Galaxy S3.
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