“The United States government is investigating whether Samsung is misusing the standards-essential patents that it holds, rival Apple said in a document it filed with the International Trade Commission on Monday,” Anna Leach reports for The Register.
“Samsung holds several standards-essential patents covering data transmission from mobile devices, which it is under an obligation to license to rivals at a fair and reasonable rate (FRAND terms),” Leach reports. “If Samsung is found to be misusing standards-essential patents, the Department of Justice has the power to fine Samsung, jail its execs or even ban Samsung products.”
Leach reports, “Samsung is also under investigation for its Standards Essential Patents by the European Commission and South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Hopefully, that bomb blows up in Samsung’s thieving face someday soon.
Go, go, GO APPLE
Bloodbath
+1000
+1000^^1000
I cannot think of a more appropriate face for that bomb to blow up into. BOOM
I’ll take all three! – Ban, Incarcerate and Fine! BIF!!!
Shouldn’t it be fine, incarcerate and ban?
…..FIB!!!!
Karmic chickens coming home to roost.
Saying the Justice Department is investigating Samsung’s licensing practices is about as “explosive” as saying astronomers are looking for life elsewhere. Looking and prosecuting are worlds apart.
The Register already has a low opinion of American companies, let alone one who’s entire market cap comes in just shy of half of all of England’s GDP!
And, this is a country wherein 70% of their GDP is in the Service sector. In Britain, one in four makes anything and that has to include The Register; run by snotty condescending people who love to cluck their tongues in unison with its readership.
Bombshell? Not to the financiers of the world.
Most Americans have a low opinion of the Register, personally I wouldn’t use the register to line my cats potty box.
LOL!
1. The MDN iPad app in landscape format cuts off the right side of each story. Please fix it because it is annoying not being able to read the whole story headline.
2. The MDN iPhone app still is not compatible with the iPhone 5.
the MDN app, on any generation of iOS device, is el clunko grandé.
The MDN app is total crap…. After reading 10-20 articles it refuses to display any more… I have to delete and reinstall …. As a developer of IOS apps I find this unacceptable quality control for an organization like MDN…. Yet they talk about the shortcomings of other’s software …. Dudes… This newsreader software … It doesn’t get much simpler … WTF
“Not compatible” is not a fair statement to make
“Not optimized” is more like it.
–Sent from my iPhone 5, via the MDN app.
MDN is not only sloppy with their software but sloppy with links at the end of articles. We all realize that they are as subpar as a Microsoft intern but at least they are not at the level of . . . Android? yet.
the US Government: the only entity that’s a bigger cluster fuck than Samsung.
right ; )
With any luck, these BOMBS will be laser guided!
Don’t fine them. Make them live in New York city.
I wouldn’t piss in Anna Leache’s moth if her guts were on fire.
Samsung will be SamSunk if the investigation goes further. However, who the heck is The Register!? We don’t need their reports… Just check it for yourself.
I would go for the Jail time for their execs.