end of the past year, the Munich Regional Court had decided in patent dispute between Nokia and HTC in favor of the Finnish manufacturer. In another patent dispute over now but Nokia suffered a setback.
Nokia Lumia 920 | (c) AreaMobile
A lawsuit filed by Nokia against competitors HTC was rejected by the Munich district court. More specifically dispute the patent EP0804046, by a method or device is described which is responsible for updating a mobile device over the air interface. Unlike may leave the description of the patent suspect is the stumbling block but not all the technology behind the wireless update service Over-The-Air, but that method, which governs the acceptance of incoming calls during the download of such an upgrade.
Judge Dr. Matthias Zigann has now ruled that the devices from HTC does not infringe any such patent. Since the time required for the execution of the method described in Patent memory management when Taiwanese manufacturer to another technique follows so that certain conditions for the alleged patent infringement are not given. Nokia has publicly taken a position shortly after this decision and is now considering to appeal.
In December, the Munich Regional Court had ruled in the dispute over a Bluetooth and NFC patent in favor of Nokia and the Finnish manufacturer made the obtaining of a ban on sales of HTC smartphones in view. HTC announced an appeal to this decision, while Nokia for enforcement of the ban on sales would first have to demonstrate a security deposit of EUR 400 million. According to Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents, we may still expect further arbitration award in a dispute between Nokia and HTC from the German Federal Patent Court this year.
Source: FOSS patent
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