23.12.2013, 13:08 clock
Every year again: time for Christmas, we come to the vexing subject of patent dispute to speak. Before the District Court of Munich I has obtained that could prohibit the Taiwanese company sales of its Android smartphones One mini in Germany Nokia injunction against HTC . The bone of contention, however, is a patent which qualifies for use in almost any smartphone.
What is Samsung for Apple, HTC seems to be for Nokia: Again and again accuses the Finnish tradition is contrary to the smartphone manufacturer from Taiwan to prevent this in the sales of its smartphones. Background this time is a patent with a PC loads various drivers in the connection of smartphones, according to want what action the user – this window, the Windows users to access the internal memory, the comparison of photos and videos or provides the communication with another synchronization service.
After Nokia could already prevail in the UK against HTC, the Taiwanese company is now threatening even in Germany a ban on sales of its smartphone HTC One mini (test). For the lucrative Christmas time HTC has however given a grace period, for the time being, both devices may be marketed – in the UK the enforcement of the judgment was in abeyance. Since Nokia should not be right in all the action points, the company contributes 40 percent of the costs.
is not entirely clear why Nokia has just picked out as a victim of his HTC patent lawsuit. Future policy mechanisms are probably in every smartphone into play. It is possible of course that other smartphone manufacturer have entered into an agreement with Nokia to use the patent.
The sentence in Germany for HTC constitutes a major setback, but not an end to the wave process. The International Trade Commission United States (United States International Trade Commission, USITC) is currently reviewing an earlier decision that the sale of the HTC One mini still allowed. If this test were to the detriment of HTCs, the sale of one mini in the U.S. could be for the time being prohibited.
Source: FOSS patent [via Android Community]
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