Samsung has been convicted by the Taiwanese regulatory commission for hiring students and bloggers to criticize HTC products in Taiwan. The Korean manufacturer will pay 250,000 dollars to its competitor.

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This is not about patents but about another story that the quarrel broke out in Samsung and HTC. The Korean manufacturer has been convicted by the Regulatory Commission of Taiwan have engaged students and bloggers to discredit products from Taiwanese HTC users. And it is a particular product that is subject to repeated criticism on the web. This is the HTC One, smartphone seems to scare the Korean giant. Indeed, rogues have continued to imagine defects flagship HTC and this, in view of diverting the attention of the negative reviews on products for Samsung ultimately encourage consumers to buy them. This case had already made a stir earlier that HTC has not been able to prove the liability of Samsung. “ This is the first case of such a company in Taiwan that lead to hidden to attack its competitors “, commented to AFP the spokesman of the commission Sun Lih-Chyun.

It is in this sense that the South Korean manufacturer, who also supplies its rival Taiwan, will pay 250,000 dollars to HTC , a derisory sum for a company that collects financial records and whose net profits will reach nearly $ 10 billion for the third quarter alone this year, according to the company’s own forecasts. Samsung, which “deeply regrets ” decision by one of its spokesman, may in any case to appeal the conviction.