patent dispute with HTC, Nokia has won a victory. Before the Landgericht München Nokia was able to obtain an import and sales ban of the HTC devices in Germany.
by Andreas Müller on 12/22/2013
A “series of HTC products,” according to the Munich district court violate Nokia’s patent EP 1 246 071 The patent relates to the automatic driver configuration when connecting a smartphone via USB to the PC. You can use a smart phone for backing up files as a modem for mobile internet or for data synchronization. This application scenarios require different drivers. If one has made his choice, the correct driver is activated. This is what Nokia’s patent.
Following the judgment be all imports and sales of the affected products HTC forbidden to and in Germany when Nokia deposited collateral of 50 million euros. However, HTC emphasized to Focus Taiwan, that the current HTC-One series (One HTC, HTC One Mini, HTC One Max) not of the judgment affected was. This may therefore continue to be sold in Germany.
The ruling is only the latest stage of Nokia’s action against HTC as Nokia announced: “Nokia is since 2012 against HTC before with the aim to stop the unauthorized use of Nokia’s innovation protected. Nokia has made over 50 patents against HTC in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, England and the United States law. “HTC tends to Nokia for annulment in to leave aside the judgment.
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Author: Andreas Müller, 22/12/2013 (update: 12/22/2013)
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