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Samsung, Sony agree to share patents

published 14 December 2004

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Samsung Electronics and Sony of Japan signed an agreement to share patents for digital technologies in major products, Samsung said.

"Samsung Electronics and Sony signed a cross-license agreement on December 14, detailing mutual usage of patent portfolios owned by the two companies," Samsung said in a statement.

Read the complete story here. (AFP)

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1 Comment Comment from the forums

aevm

It's 2009 now. I found a link to this article from Dec 2004, here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/53141-7-need-samsung-t220
At least it shouldn't be under "News". Put it under "Trivia from ancient history" or something...

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