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EU regulator takes aim at Google over Apple mobile patent lawsuit May 6th 2013, 10:00 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Special Report: How Google UK clouds its tax liabilities Wed, May 1 2013 Microsoft gets upper hand in first Google patent trial Fri, Apr 26 2013 EU antitrust body seeks views on Google concessions Thu, Apr 25 2013 US trade panel says Apple did not violate Google patent Mon, Apr 22 2013 Nokia says awarded injunction against HTC One Mon, Apr 22 2013 Analysis & Opinion Google shooting blanks in smartphone patent wars Microsoft win in rate-setting case vs Motorola is call to litigation A Google trademark is reflected in Apple logo in this photo illustration taken in Berlin, August 31, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski BRUSSELS | Mon May 6, 2013 6:00am EDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said it believed Motorola Mobility, a unit of Google, was abusing its market position by seeking and enforcing an injunction against Apple in Germany over patents essential to mobile phone standards. The Commission said in a statement it had informed Motorola Mobility of its preliminary view in a charge sheet known as a statement of objections. The Commission said injunctions could be used to combat patent infringements, but that was not the case where a potential licensee was prepared to agree on licensing terms. "I think that companies should spend their time innovating and competing on the merits of the products they offer - not misusing their intellectual property rights to hold up competitors to the detriment of innovation and consumer choice," Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said. Almunia said earlier this year that regulators were considering charging more firms with anti-competitive practices in using injunctions to prevent rivals using their patents rather than negotiating fair fees. For Commission statement click on: here (Rex Merrifield, Brussels newsroom) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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