HTC has told the stock exchange in Taiwan declared their intention to revise its smartphones, so that they no longer infringe the Nokia patent EP1579613. In order to respond to a decision of the District Court of Mannheim last Friday, against which it has additionally announced vocation. The Taiwanese publication CNA has become aware of the message.
eingeklagte Nokia protection law EP1579613 entitled “Method and apparatus whereby a mobile station can adjust their revision level on the basis of network protocol revision level” and describes a non-standard relevant technology. HTC has a license for Nokia’s standard relevant patents, but not for the rest of the intellectual property of the Finns.
In the stock market message from HTC it is now called, the function in question is not really necessary and will in future no longer used in Germany. “We check our equipment modifications to remove this redundant technology.” How can you prevent irritation for the customer, while the appeals process run.
Nokia had celebrated his victory over HTC in Mannheim as its fourth against this company and let them know it would aim to ban the sale. “The ruling allows us to enforce an injunction against the import and sale of all infringing HTC products in Germany and to claim damages for any violations.”
Nokia’s lawsuit against HTC series had started in May 2012. The legal disputes concern now more than 50 patents and employ courts in seven countries. There is no end in sight – rather Nokia accuses his rival before still to use as freeloaders its technologies
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[with material from Ryan Huang, ZDNet.com]
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