EU's Almunia says will charge Samsung soon in patent case

US-EU-SAMSUNG:EU's Almunia says will charge Samsung soon in patent case

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission, the EU's executive, will charge Samsung very soon in an antitrust patent case, the EU's competition chief Joaquin Almunia said on Thursday.

The EU competition watchdog is investigating whether Samsung's use of injunctions against Apple breached European antitrust rules.

"We will issue a statement of objections very soon," Almunia said, referring to the Commission's charge sheet.

(Reporting By Ethan Bilby)

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