The Regional Court Munich I dismissed a patent infringement suit against Nokia’s HTC . Judge Matthias Zigann stated that the devices from HTC does not violate the limited claims of the right EP0804046. This was a round in the ongoing patent dispute to HTC after Nokia could last reach decisions in his favor.
The patent in question describes “Method and means for updating the program of a mobile terminal using the air interface”. According to Foss Patents, however, it does not concern about any over-the-air updates, but only a certain method, the user of a mobile phone while downloading an update to let accept calls.
Nokia, however, is further based on a patent violation and considering whether to appeal. In a statement, it also pointed to previous legal successes: “That does not change the fact that the same court ruled in December that two other patents were infringed by Nokia HTC products. Nokia was thus in a position to enforce an import and sale of all stop offending HTC products in Germany and to obtain compensation for past violations. “
fact, Nokia procured on 30 December before the District Court of Munich I ban the sale of all Android devices from HTC, including HTC-One smartphones because they filed a patent for a “method for transmission of information resources” via NFC Bluetooth or injured. In this case, Judge Matthias Zigann ruled despite the admittedly broad system of the patent in favor of Nokia. Will Nokia enforce the ban, it must at the same time, however, a security deposit of 400 million euros muster – in the event that HTC prevails in this matter to a higher court and then, in turn, would be entitled to compensation. HTC has already announced his intention to appeal.
Nokia’s lawsuit against HTC series began in May 2012. The legal disputes concern now more than 50 patents and take meals in seven countries to complete. There is no end in sight, but Nokia raises the corporate rivals still plan to use as freeloaders its technologies. “HTC’s first New Year’s resolution for 2014 should be to stop this free riding and fair to compete in the market,”
[With material by Michael Filtz, ZDNet.com]
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