The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) said Friday it voted...
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) said Friday it voted to investigate Samsung’s claim that Ericsson violated its patents in “pieces of wireless communications equipment, including base stations” (http://xrl.us/boc4ac). Samsung originally filed its complaint in late December, alleging that Ericsson…
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had been unwilling to continue to negotiate patent licensing agreements. Samsung is seeking a U.S. sales ban and a cease-and-desist order against infringing products it claims Ericsson imported into the U.S. in violation of the Tariff Act of 1930 (CD Dec 27/12 p11). Ericsson had filed its own patent infringement lawsuits against Samsung in November, as well as a complaint with the ITC over Samsung’s infringement in “various smartphones, along with base stations, 802.11-compliant televisions and Blu-Ray players, and tablet computers” (http://xrl.us/bn9eoq). The commission said it’s investigating that complaint separately -- it can’t lump the Samsung and Ericsson complaints into the same investigation -- and has set an April 8, 2014, deadline to make a final ruling on that case. The ITC said Friday it will set a target date for concluding its investigation of Samsung’s claims against Ericsson -- the investigation is numbered 337-TA-866 -- within 45 days.