歐盟正式指控三星在專利調查中違反反壟斷法（更新）

我們昨天聽說，歐盟將對三星提起訴訟，指控三星不公平地試圖阻止蘋果和其他競爭對手使用其一些標準基本專利，而今天，另一隻鞋掉了下來。路透社報道說，歐盟今天早些時候向三星發出了一份正式的反對宣告，宣告說，歐盟已經得出結論，三星不公平地利用了自己的地位。...

我們昨天聽說，歐盟將對三星提起訴訟，指控三星不公平地試圖阻止蘋果和其他競爭對手使用其一些標準基本專利，而今天，另一隻鞋掉了下來。路透社報道說，歐盟今天早些時候向三星發出了一份正式的反對宣告，宣告說，歐盟已經得出結論，三星不公平地利用了自己的地位。

這是一項反壟斷調查的結果，該調查自今年1月以來一直在發酵，歐盟擔心三星一直在使用其擁有的幾項標準基本專利來阻止競爭和創新，而不是按照公平、合理和非歧視性（FRAND）的規定將這些專利授權給競爭對手。特別值得關註的是，三星試圖就被控侵犯FRAND專利的行為尋求禁令，FTC現在也多次提出這個問題。

至於下一步行動，三星將有機會審查宣告，並要求與歐盟監管機構進行進一步討論，甚至可能在投訴的全部細節公之於眾之前。”“智慧財產權是單一市場的重要基石，”歐盟競爭事務專員華金·阿爾穆尼亞在一份宣告中說然而，當這些權利對執行行業標準至關重要時，不應濫用這些權利，因為行業標準給企業和消費者都帶來了巨大的利益。”

最新訊息：三星已經向我們提供了一份書面宣告，回應這一訊息：

"The European Commission announced today that it sent to Samsung a Statement of Objecti*** regarding the enforcement of standard essential patents. We are studying the statement and will firmly defend ourselves against any misconceived allegati***. We will continue to fully cooperate with the Commission. Samsung is confident that in due course the Commission will conclude that we have acted in compliance with EU competition laws."

更新2：三星現在已經釋出了一份修改後的宣告，語氣更為防禦，並指責蘋果逼其出手。

"Samsung has been and remains committed to licensing our standard essential patents (SEP) on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. Samsung had no choice but to seek injuncti*** based on SEPs due to Apple's unwillingness to enter into good-faith negotiati*** and to defend ourselves against Apple which sued us first.

No injuncti*** have been granted against Apple in any EU Member State and we already decided to withdraw our injunction requests against Apple on the basis of our SEPs pending in European courts. We will continue to fully cooperate with the Commission and are confident that in due course the Commission will conclude that we have acted in full compliance with EU competition laws."