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Almunia continues patent war intervention with Motorola probe
Wednesday, 04 April 2012
The European Commission has opened two investigations of Motorola over allegations put forward by Microsoft and Apple that the company abused its standard-essential patents to block sales of its competitors’ products.
Nokia’s LCD lawsuit to proceed in UK
Monday, 26 March 2012
Nokia can proceed in its UK antitrust lawsuit against several liquid crystal display (LCD) makers, a High Court judge has ruled, dismissing Samsung and Hitachi’s bid to stop it on procedural grounds.
Korea targets mobile collusion
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has fined mobile phone carriers and handset manufacturers 45 billion won (€30.4 million) for colluding to raise the price of mobile phone handsets.
Patent "troll" sues on antitrust grounds
Friday, 16 March 2012
Patent-pool owner Cascades Computer Innovation has filed an antitrust suit in the US, accusing Motorola, HTC, Samsung, LG Electronics and Dell of conspiring to obtain patent licensing under better terms.
Western Digital/Hitachi hit with more remedies
Tuesday, 06 March 2012
China and the US have imposed more structural commitments on the US$4.5 billion merger between Western Digital and Hitachi, with China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) taking the tougher stance and ordering to keep the two businesses separate for at least two years.
DG Comp investigates Samsung’s patent licensing
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
The European Commission today announced it has opened an investigation of Samsung Electronics, over concerns the mobile company has distorted competition and abused its dominance by breaking patent licensing commitments.
LCD makers settle with indirect purchasers
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Seven electronics manufacturers, including Samsung and Sharp, reached a settlement of US$553 million with a group of indirect purchasers yesterday, marking what may be the largest indirect purchaser antitrust settlement in US history.
DG Comp enters Samsung-Apple dispute
Monday, 07 November 2011
The European Commission has opened a preliminary investigation of Samsung and Apple’s continuing patent disputes.
Seagate/Samsung cleared despite "highly concentrated" market
Thursday, 20 October 2011
After conducting an in-depth investigation, the European Commission has announced that it will allow Seagate to acquire Samsung’s hard disk drive business – without imposing any conditions on the deal.
Ninth Circuit sends LCD lawsuits back to state court
Tuesday, 04 October 2011
A US appeals court has ruled that lawsuits filed by state attorneys general on behalf of residents are not the same as class actions and should be tried on the state level, rather than in federal courtrooms.
Rambus trial opens in California
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Lawyers for technology company Rambus say that its rivals, Hynix Semiconductor and Micron Technology, conspired to maintain their power in the computer memory market while ensuring Rambus struggled to compete.
US judge unconvinced by DoJ/Samsung settlement
Premium Article - Wednesday, 20 April 2011
A US District Court judge has refused to approve a settlement agreement between the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division and Samsung SDI over price fixing on colour display tubes (CDT).
Samsung sells hard disk drive business to Seagate
Premium Article - Tuesday, 19 April 2011
California-based Seagate is buying Samsung’s hard disk drive business for US$1.4 billion, the companies announced today in a joint statement.
Samsung SDI admits to price fixing
Premium Article - Monday, 21 March 2011
Korea’s Samsung SDI has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges of price fixing and other anti-competitive practices on the sale of colour display tubes (CDT), the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division has announced.
Korea issues first fines in alleged CDT cartel
Premium Article - Friday, 28 January 2011
Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has fined five manufacturers of colour display tubes more than 26 billion won (US$23 million) for their roles in an alleged price-fixing conspiracy.
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