| Author (Corporate) | European Commission: DG Competition |
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| Series Title | Competition Policy Brief |
| Series Details | No.8, June 2014 |
| Publication Date | June 2014 |
| ISSN | 2315-3113 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
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Occasional papers by staff of the Competition Directorate–General of the European Commission about policy issues and key cases.Standards are part of our everyday lives and enable products to communicate with each other and frequently give rise to substantial consumer benefits. However, standards can also be misused. The Commission has pursued several competition law cases aiming at avoiding such misuse, including the Samsung and Motorola cases in 2014. In the background of these cases are the so-called "smartphone patent wars", where holders of standard-essential patent (SEPs) sought to ban competitors' products from the market on the basis of their SEPs. The principles established in these two cases may apply even beyond the smartphone industry to other standards which are widely used. |
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| Source Link | http://ec.europa.eu/competition/publications/cpb/2014/008_en.pdf |
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| Subject Categories | Culture, Education and Research, Internal Markets |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
