HTC's Android devices face ban in Germany after Nokia wins another injunction in court
HTC may
be trying to put away few legal fires recently. Yet exact when they think they
have one fire under manage, another pops up. Within the U. K., HTC has received
the stay of injunction stopping Nokia from enforcing the sales ban it won in
court from the HTC One mini. Really, the Finnish based OEM received a sales ban
against both HTC One and the actual HTC One micro. The judge quickly stayed the
ban from the HTC One so that HTC wouldn't be handicapped by featuring its
flagship model banned throughout the holiday season.
This second, HTC has few clean legal problems in Indonesia, where judge offers
ruled that HTC infringed on the key USB patent possessed by Nokia. As an
effect, the German court offers issued an injunction against all HTC's Android
powered devices in the United Kingdom. This could be a scare for those Android
manufacturers although Search engines chose not to get involved with the case
at this time.
HTC could devise a workaround for that patent, which helps PCs decide which
driver to make use of when hooked up to and including Smartphone using the
HARDWARE port? Probably HTC prefer to lose that feature above having all its
Android phones prohibited in Germany. There is other solution albeit not just
one which the Taiwan dependent manufacturer would find delicious. It could
negotiate the license with Nokia. Ultimately, other Android handset
manufacturers will need to do the same or face exactly the same consequences.
As far as Windows Phone can be involved, the guys in Redmond possess a license
to use the patent depending on terms of Microsoft's buy of Nokia's Devices as
well as Services business.
As with regard to HTC's Android devices within Germany, Nokia can enforce the
ruling on the provisional basis during the actual appeal process. But it might
be required to post the 50 million EUR bond to pay for potential sales lost by
HTC in those times, just in case HTC wins in the appellate level.
Things might get worse for HTC, surprisingly. Last week, the Ough. S. ITC
declared which it might review a preliminary ruling how the company infringed
on a set of Nokia patents and this action could end up getting a sales ban
within the U. S. against HTC.
Nokia is nice, but thats bad for HTC
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