EU investigating Samsung's 3G patent licensing practices

Samsung's patent lawsuits with Apple and other rivals are bringing the South Korean tech giant a bit of regulator scrutiny in the European Union. On Tuesday, the European Commission, the E.U.'s antitrust agency, said it has formally launched an investigation into whether or not Samsung has broken any competition laws by not allowing rivals to fairly license patents relating to 3G technology.

EU looks into possible Samsung abuse of 3G patents vs. Apple

Samsung may have overstepped its bounds in trying to counter Apple as the European Commission has launched an investigation of its practices. The EU body is hoping to determine whether Samsung breached promises to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to charge fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) rates by suing Apple over 3G in multiple European countries. It ...

Samsung Loses 3G Patent Case Against Apple in Germany

The ruling comes only days after Apple filed another lawsuit to ban the Galaxy S II smartphone in Germany

Javelin Semiconductor’s CMOS 3G Power Amplifier Selected by Samsung

Javelin Semiconductor, Inc., innovator of the world’s first high-performance CMOS 3G power amplifier , today announced that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., has selected Javelin’s JAV5501 Band I PA for new Galaxy smartphones.

Samsung’s second 3G patent strike against Apple rejected

Samsung‘s second 3G/UMTS patent strike against Apple has been thrown out of court, with a German judge apparently deciding the Korean firm had no leg to stand on in its claims that the iPhone and other devices infringed its patented technology. Judge Andreas Voss did not explain his reasoning for rejecting the suit, FOSSPatents reports, though the [...]