Trade Commission to investigate Samsung handsets

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The U.S. International Trade Commission said Thursday it will investigate complaints by Ericsson and its Swedish parent company that Samsung Electronics and two of its U.S. companies violated patents used its mobile handsets.

Ericsson and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson filed a complaint against Samsung’s Korean parent company, Samsung Telecommunications America and Samsung Electronics America, alleging that Samsung’s importation of its patented mobile phones and components violated U.S. law, according to an ITC statement. Ericsson filed suit against Samsung in a Texas court August 2, alleging that Samsung is infringing on its patents for mobile handsets and some of their components.

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