Apple: Justice Department Investigating Samsung's Use Of Patents

Apple: Justice Department Investigating Samsung's Use Of Patents
The Apple iPhone 4s, left, is displayed next to the Samsung Galaxy S III at a store in San Francisco, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. Apple Inc. on Monday submitted a list of eight Samsung Electronics Co. products it wants pulled from shelves and banned from the U.S. market. Apple submitted the list after a jury found Samsung copied the iPhone and iPad in creating and marketing the products. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
The Apple iPhone 4s, left, is displayed next to the Samsung Galaxy S III at a store in San Francisco, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. Apple Inc. on Monday submitted a list of eight Samsung Electronics Co. products it wants pulled from shelves and banned from the U.S. market. Apple submitted the list after a jury found Samsung copied the iPhone and iPad in creating and marketing the products. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Samsung Electronics Co. (005930.SE, SSNHY) has misused some of its mobile-device patents in ways that violate antitrust law, rival Apple Inc. (AAPL) said in a legal document filed late Monday.

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot