One step toward the end of the smartphone patent war, the EU warned Motorola to withdraw the lawsuit

ByOpensource.com

The act of seeking part of the patent's right to seek a license fee is "Patent · Troll (patent goro)Although the smartphone market is calledApple and Samsung patent warAs typified by large companies, rival companies are seeking patent royalties and pressing forced suspension of sales, etc. are still in a muddy condition. The EU who saw this situation severely issued a stern warning to Motorola and Samsung, smartphone top makers, to stop suffering excessive patent lawsuits against rivals for profit.

Motorola Mobility Escapes EU Fine in Patent Dispute - WSJ.com
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European Union moves to end smartphone patent wars | Reuters
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Motorola to Apple,GSMSome techniques of the schemeGPRSIt is causing a trial seeking injunction against the sale of Apple products sold in Germany as infringing a patent on.

On the other hand, EU anti-trust law enforcement agency Joaquin Almunya said excessive litigation abusing Motorola's injunction as "such smartphone patent war should not be done at the expense of consumers" I am strictly warning you to withdraw. Problems with patents with Apple were ordered to resolve within negotiating table, not court within 12 months. In the case of violating the antitrust law prescribed by the EU, the EU can fine up to 10% of the global annual revenue, but this time the decision will not result in a fine against Motorola.

ByEuropean Parliament

In addition, the EU announces that Samsung has promised "I will not seek any patents on patents in Europe for five years". For Apple, Samsung, Motorola, Google, Nokia, Microsoft and others, EU is the battlefield that is the key to patent warfare. Small businesses were in a condition that they could not actually enter the market, but by issuing a warning to the top two smartphone manufacturers called Motorola · Samsung, the end of the patent war of the smartphone market where the EU continues to intensify It seems to have embarked on.

ByGiampaolo Squarcina

Although it is the current patent system that should protect the invention, since it is creating a drawback for the technology related patents,Initiatives seeking a review of the patent system itselfIt is also done. It is a patent that is not familiar to use direct products, but solving the problem of patent war is connected with product prices, so it is a problem that can not be left as a consumer.