U.S. trade panel to probe devices of eight smartphone vendors

Creative Technology

06/05/2016 07:20

HONG KONG, May 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade 
Commission (USITC) is launching an investigation into the mobile 
devices of eight smartphone vendors over an alleged patent 
violation, the trade panel said on its website.  
    Singapore-based Creative Technology Ltd  CREA.SI  and 
U.S.-based Creative Labs Inc filed a complaint of patent 
infringement by several handset makers, the ITC said in a 
statement. 
    The accused vendors are ZTE Corp  000063.SZ   0763.HK , Sony 
Corp  6758.T , Samsung Electronics Co  005930.KS , LG 
Electronics Inc  066570.KS , Lenovo Group Ltd  0992.HK , 
Motorola Mobility, HTC Corp  2498.TW  and Blackberry Ltd 
 BB.TO .  
 
 (Reporting by Yimou Lee; Editing by Clarence Fernandez) 
 ((yimou.lee@thomsonreuters.net; +852-2843-6590; Reuters 
Messaging: yimou.lee.reuters.com@reuters.net)) 
 
Keywords: ZTE PROBE/USA