三星電子一直在美國想方設(shè)法禁止進口和銷售愛立信的一些產(chǎn)品，聲稱侵犯其專利權(quán)。

　　Samsung Electronics has sought a ban on the import and sales of some Ericsson products in the US which it claims infringe its patents。

　　In a complaint filed with the US International Trade Commission (ITC)， Samsung has accused Ericsson of breaching seven of its patents。

　　The move counters Ericsson''s complaint to the ITC, made in November, seeking a sales ban on some Samsung products。

　　Ericsson has also claimed that Samsung infringed some of its patents。

　　The Swedish firm had a licensing deal with Samsung under which the South Korean manufacturer was allowed to use various technologies patented by Ericsson in its products。

　　However, the two firms have failed to renew the agreement, despite negotiating for almost two years。

　　Ericsson has claimed that Samsung wants to reduce the fee it pays to license the said patents, while Samsung has argued that the fee demanded by Ericsson is too high。

　　"We have sought to negotiate with Ericsson in good faith. However, Ericsson has proven unwilling to continue such negotiations by making unreasonable claims, which it is now trying to enforce in court," Samsung said in a statement。

　　"Under such circumstances, we have no choice but to take the steps necessary to protect our company."

　　Patent sharing

　　Ericsson is one of the earliest innovators in the telecommunications field and holds thousands of patents for technologies used in everyday global communication。

　　Some of these technologies are key to products made by other manufacturers such as Samsung。

　　Companies which hold patents to such essential technologies enter licensing agreements with other manufacturers allowing them the use of patents under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions。

　　Firms pay royalties to the patent holder to use the technology。

　　Ericsson earned $938m (£585m) last year in revenue from more than 100 licence agreements with companies in the industry。

　　However, stiff competition has lead to a much more protective stance by many companies over their patents in order to generate revenues。

　　Earlier this month, European Union competition regulators accused Samsung of abusing its position of holding key patents, while trying to negotiate royalty rates with rival Apple。

　　Meanwhile, Nokia and Apple have also taken rivals to court over patent infringement。

　　三星電子一直在美國想方設(shè)法禁止進口和銷售愛立信的一些產(chǎn)品，聲稱侵犯其專利權(quán)。

　　美國國際貿(mào)易委員會向法院遞交訴狀：三星指責(zé)愛立信違反它的7項專利。

　　在11月份，愛立信也向該委員會投訴，設(shè)法讓委員會出臺一項禁令禁止銷售三星的一些產(chǎn)品。

　　愛立信還聲稱三星侵犯了它的一些專利。

　　瑞典公司有一個許可協(xié)議：韓國制造商三星允許愛立信在其產(chǎn)品中使用各種技術(shù)專利。

　　盡管談判磋商進行了近兩年的時間了，但兩家公司都未更新協(xié)議。

　　愛立信聲稱三星希望降低授權(quán)專利支付費用，而三星認為愛立信要求的費用太高。

　　三星在一份聲明中說，“我們本著誠意試著與愛立信進行談判。但經(jīng)確認愛立信不愿意繼續(xù)就此不合理要求進行談判，現(xiàn)在只好試著在法庭上解決”。

　　“在這種情況下，我們別無選擇，只能采取應(yīng)對措施保護我們的公司。”