Yesterday we told you that the EU is going to officially accuse Samsung of violating European antitrust legislation by using FRAND patents to obtain a ban on the sale of some Apple products. Samsung used this type of patents in the lawsuits filed against Apple in Europe, although they had to be offered for licensing in fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, but instead Apple could be forced to remove iDevices from the market because of them.
After an investigation of several months, those from the EU They've decided that Samsung was wrong, they sent them an official document in which they accuse them of violating the law and will probably impose pecuniary sanctions on them. Samsung will have the opportunity to defend itself before the EC, but its past actions will not be overlooked and will most likely be punished, and based on the precedent set here by the EC, other companies that have done so will also be held accountable as.
