(ASCA) – Rome, May 6 – The European Commission considers the use of Motorola patents in Germany an abuse of a dominant position by the U.S. company, from August of 2011 property ‘of the colossus of ‘informatics Google.
Motorola has tried to enforce an injunction against Apple in Germany, as a remedy for a possible violation of patent rights, but in a statement released this morning said that Brussels’ ‘action and’ amounted to an abuse of a dominant position prohibited by the EC antitrust rules”, because ‘in this case the Cupertino company was only willing to enter into a license agreement.
” The protection of property ‘intellectual’ an essential element of innovation and growth, but so ‘and as’ the competition. I think that companies should spend their time to innovate and compete on the merits of the products offered – said EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia – and not abusing their property rights’ intellectual impedere for competitors to innovate in favor of the choice of consumers.”
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