The iPhone 4S was launched on the Australian market last month and since then Samsung has been trying to get Apple’s product banned. This moved forward and it seems that the conflict between the two huge companies will never end as more developments appear almost every day.
The South Korean giant claims that three of its 3G wireless patents have been violated by Apple in Australia. The company wants to have access to the iPhone 4S source code and they also want to get detailed information about the contracts that Apple has with the most important mobile services in Australia including Optus, Vodafone and Telstra.
Apple defends by saying that Samsung have agreed in the past to licence the three mobile patents to Apple under the FRAND terms (Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory) standard. Samsung stated that they did agreed with this matter, but the agreement doesn’t apply to Australia and Apple is using the patents illegally.
The Korean company is trying to obtain the source code of Apple’s newest product, but Apple is definitely trying to block the move.
Now it seems that the European Commission is very interested in this case and this means that things could end up badly for Samsung as the European Commission want’s to investigate if the case that Samsung has against Apple is violating the EU competition lays and this means trouble for Samsung.
Until now, this appears to be the most important development between Samsung and Apple and considering that the two companies have had a dispute for a long time, this is really a big deal. However, things could go wrong for Samsung because depending on what the investigation will reveal, the South Korean Company could be forced to redraw the majority of its claims against their American competitor.
In other words, Samsung did licensed the patents to Apple in certain countries, this is sure thing. What’s interesting is that the company decided to sue Apple for the same patents used in other states. Their biggest problem is that the European union can end up disapproving their action.
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