Ericsson Piles on Samsung With New Patent-Infringement Suit

Ericsson has lodged new patent-infringement claims against Samsung, looking to increase pressure as their battle over royalties intensifies.

• In the latest complaint, Ericsson targets networking gear made by Samsung, claiming it infringes six patents for things like ways to improve call quality, an antenna arrangement, and a method to deal with handover failures
• The lawsuit names Samsung’s eNB (LTE) and Massive MIMO, technology that improves the efficiency of networks
• Ericsson also filed a new complaint at the International Trade Commission in Washington, seeking to block imports of Samsung communications infrastructure systems, but a copy of it wasn’t immediately available ...