Sweden's Ericsson Sues Samsung for Patent Infringement

Stockholm -- Ericsson, a Sweden-based telecommunications-
equipment maker, announced that it has filed a patent-infringement
lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, a South Korea-based
telecommunications-equipment maker. Ericsson claims a number
of Samsung licenses to use about 10 Ericsson mobile-phone
patents expired last December. The Swedish firm said it has filed
lawsuits in Germany, the Netherlands, the U.K. and the U.S. Sony
Ericsson, the mobile-phone joint venture between Japan-based
Sony and Ericsson, has also joined the lawsuit. Samsung has
declined to comment on the matter.
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