Apple headed to South Korea to fight off US antitrust case, DOJ upset about it
Neither Samsung or the US Department of Justice could stop the request in US courts to try to get data crucial to Apple's US antitrust defense from the top of Samsung's corporate structure in South Korea. Apple's antitrust trial will request info from Samsung in South Korea Apple is on trial for allegedly stifling competition through proprietary hardware and software. The US Department of Justice seeks to prove that Apple keeps companies like Samsung from easily serving its customer base. The trial has barely entered the evidence gathering phase, and Samsung's US headquarters refused to cooperate . So, Apple asked for and has now been approved to utilize the Hague Convention to get the South Korean Government involved, and force Samsung's compliance in that country. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Neither Samsung or the US Department of Justice could stop the request in US courts to try to get data crucial to Apple's US antitrust defense from the top of Samsung's corporate structure in South Korea. Apple's antitrust trial will request info from Samsung in South Korea Apple is on trial for allegedly stifling competition through proprietary hardware and software. The US Department of Justice seeks to prove that Apple keeps companies like Samsung from easily serving its customer base. The trial has barely entered the evidence gathering phase, and Samsung's US headquarters refused to cooperate . So, Apple asked for and has now been approved to utilize the Hague Convention to get the South Korean Government involved, and force Samsung's compliance in that country. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Neither Samsung or the US Department of Justice could stop the request in US courts to try to get data crucial to Apple's US antitrust defense from the top of Samsung's corporate structure in South Korea.
Apple's antitrust trial will request info from Samsung in South Korea Apple is on trial for allegedly stifling competition through proprietary hardware and software.
The US Department of Justice seeks to prove that Apple keeps companies like Samsung from easily serving its customer base.
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