The European Commission of possible anti-competitive practices of Samsung in the mobile market officially investigate. Samsung would promise not patentzaken against competitors to start not after.
Samsung is in 2011 several lawsuits against competitors began with the claim that those competitors are found to infringe on certain patents. The aforementioned patents describe technology that would be essential to European mobile telefoniestandaarden to implement, as established by the European Commission. Samsung focused this specifically on Apple. This violates the concern may be, however, a promise from 1998 to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. In november of last year the inquiry announced. Now begins the official investigation, which the European Commission indicates that the case will receive priority.
The Korean company promised when the relevant patents on reasonable terms and conditions in the license, because they are so important and all the parties as the standardized 3g technology. Different patent holders would such promises made.
The European Commission is now investigating whether Samsung is guilty of abuse of its dominant position and infringed article 102 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, abuse of dominant position and anticompetitive practices prohibits.