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Samsung said it will investigate 105 Chinese firms that supply the electronics company to determine if they are violating labor laws, following a report last month that found that a parts supplier was using child labor and subjecting workers to inhumane conditions.

Samsung provider HEG Electronics was accused of maintaining a harsh disciplinary regime in China.

Samsung Electronics accused Apple Inc. of refusing to negotiate licensing key 3-G patents included in Apple’s iPhone and iPad on the first day of their patent trial in Federal Court in Sydney on Monday.

In a court fight between the world’s two largest smartphone makers, Samsung Electronics Co. won a legal ruling in the United Kingdom after a judge called its Galaxy tablets “not as cool” as Apple Inc.’s iPad, and therefore would not be confused for the iPad.

In a symbolic decision that could help bring the rivaling companies closer to a settlement, a Dutch court gave Samsung Electronics Co. its first victory in court in a slew of global patent disputes with Apple Inc.

Apple and Samsung once again dominated the smartphone industry, capturing a combined 55 percent of the market and 90 percent of the profits in the first quarter, according to a study by ABI Research released on Friday.

Apple this week lost a bid to have the court ban the U.S. release of the much-anticipated Samsung Galaxy

The neck-and-neck litigation dispute between Samsung Electronic Co. and Apple Inc. is proving to be relentless.

The Google-Motorola merger has undoubtedly changed the smartphone industry almost overnight, even though execution may take an onerous few months. Here’s why.

Samsung Group is planning to spend $38.5 billion on expansion in 2011.

The blogosphere is abuzz with news of an impending Google launch of two mobile products.

The International Olympic Commitee has announced that former Samsung chairman Kun-Hee Lee would be suspended from sitting on any IOC commissions for five years.

In Europe, where most businesses and consumers are still reeling from the global recession, mobile phone makers are feeling the pinch.

Corporate sponsors of the Beijing Olympics have failed their own principles of corporate responsibility, says New York-based Human Rights Watch.