a ban on sales of all Android devices from HTC in Germany has obtained. According to Nokia you violate patents to use the Nahfunktechniken NFC and Bluetooth. The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer wants to appeal.
On 30 December 2013 has Nokia enforced a ban on sales of devices from HTC before the Munich District Court I. This would violate a patent for a method of transferring resource information. Judge Matthias Zigann decided despite the admittedly broad system of the patent, in favor of Nokia to judge.
FOSS Patents blogger Florian Mueller points out that it is not a standard-relevant patent, so it does not even have to be licensed on FRAND terms. The injunction is also durable – HTC phones could therefore unlimited disappear from the shelves in Germany. Before the Taiwanese but probably appeal.
question Nokia’s Patent EP1148681 should also represent other Android manufacturers a threat. It describes simply a method of exchanging data between two devices via radio. While it does not apply to Wi-Fi networks, but also Bluetooth and NFC are omnipresent in the Android world.
Earlier this month, HTC has already missed by a modification of a well erwirkten by Nokia sales ban in the U.S.. Such a modification would be an alternative to an appeal, whether such a possibility exists technically, it is unclear
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While Nokia and HTC continue their long-running patent dispute, negotiate Apple and Samsung in South Korea reportedly over a global patent peace. However, just tried in an exploratory phase in the presence of cartel guards to allow for alignment at the level of the license fee, where both far apart. Apple reportedly expects $ 30 compensation per device sold, which violated his rights
[Using material from Florian Kalenda ZDNet.de]
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