SAMSUNG TO SUE HITACHI, TATUNG & SAMPO

Written by Adam Gosling

Monday, 13 February 2006

Samsung Electronics is sick an tired of companies ripping off its idea and is reportedly preparing to file lawsuits against a number of mobile phone handset makers in Taiwan, mainland China and Hong Kong. A number of companies, including Taiwan's Tatung, Sampo, and DNET, as well as Hitachi of Japan, are said to be in the lawyer’s sights. Samsung alleges these companies have copied its products and breached its patents, even leaked secret Samsung documents. At issue are a number of phones similar to its own D508, E708, and E720 models, including DNET's DG212, Tatung's TC809, Hitachi's HTG-S208 and more than one of Sampo's phones according to reports. The first round of legal action should begin some time this month with a view to winning public apologies from retailers and dealers who have sold the offending cell phones. Tatung has apparently said: “Don’t look at us”, saying Samsung ought to address its concerns to its contract manufacturers which it has made responsible for any intellectual property violations when making phones. Related news items HP Plans More iPaqs As PDAs Become Smartphones -12/08/2007 Consumer Electronics Takes Interest In 802.11n -12/08/2007 Nokia Adds PlayReady -06/08/2007 NASA Says No iPhones, But BlackBerry Okay -31/07/2007 Greedy iPhones Gobble The Flash -18/07/2007 Newer news items Nokia’s Strategy For Browser Dominance -28/05/2006 Nokia The Most Trusted Phone Brand: Reader’s Digest -28/05/2006 Big Nokia Graphics Deal For ATI -04/05/2006 BlackBerry Service Faces Fresh Threat -01/05/2006 Lenovo May Float On NASDAQ -12/03/2006 Older news items RECORD MOBILE PHONE CALLS -24/01/2006 PANASONIC ABANDONS GSM -12/12/2005 DESTRA TO SELL MUSIC FOR PHONES -27/11/2005 MOTO, INTEL COLABORATE ON WiMax -27/10/2005 NOKIA LOVES ITS NEW PHONES -20/10/2005 Tag This Now: