ParkerVision : ITC Institutes Investigation Against Apple, LG, Samsung, Qualcomm

(RTTNews) - ParkerVision Inc. (PRKR) announced that the United States International Trade Commission or ITC has instituted an investigation of the unfair trade practices committed by Apple Inc. (AAPL), LG (LG Electronics, Inc., LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., and LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc.), Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, and Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.), and Qualcomm Incorporated. The investigation is a result of the complaint filed by ParkerVision in December 2015.

The unfair trade practices under investigation relate to the importation, sale for importation, and/or the sale after importation of products such the Apple iPhone 6, the Apple iPad Air 2, the Samsung Galaxy S6, and the LG G3, among others. Many of these devices incorporate technology provided by Qualcomm and others that infringe ParkerVision's patents directed towards radio-frequency technology.