We use cookies to customise content for your subscription and for analytics. If you continue to browse Lexology, we will assume that you are happy to receive all our cookies. For further information please read our Cookie Policy.
Across the globe, disputes have broken out between manufacturers of smartphones and tablet computers (such as Apple and Samsung) about “standards-essential patents”, and whether competition law limits their enforcement
At the end of 2009, the European Commission closed two long-running investigations into misuse of market power afforded to companies whose patented technology had been incorporated into industry standards: the Rambus case and the Qualcomm case
Having offered commitments to the Commission in an attempt to end the investigation into an alleged abuse of dominance in the form of a "patent ambush", Rambus announced in December that these commitments had been accepted by the Commission
