Thursday 3 October 2013

Samsung may have spied on sealed Apple-Nokia documents to aid patent deals



Samsung may have spied on sealed Apple-Nokia documents to aid patent deals
Oct 3rd 2013, 10:55, by Steve Dent

Samsung may have spied on sealed AppleNokia documents to aid patent deals

If you're going to horse-trade on patents, it might help to know how much other companies have paid for them, no? Samsung has now been accused of corporate spying for exactly that purpose. The company's legal negotiator, Dr. Seungho Ahn, apparently told Nokia that its terms with Apple "were known to him," despite the fact they were marked "highly confidential -- attorneys' eyes only." This means they should have been for Samsung's outside counsel only, and strictly off-limits for gaining leverage in any negotiations. Court documents show that up to 50 Samsung employees were given non-redacted copies of Apple agreements with not only Nokia, but Ericsson, Sharp and Philips, too. While that's plenty serious, US judge Paul S. Grewal ordered Samsung to release further selected documents and emails to Apple and provide testimony from Dr. Ahn. The result of that will determine the severity of any sanctions, and perhaps make Dr. Ahn regret another thing he told Nokia: "all information leaks."

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