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German court to enforce HTC sale ban in Germany later this month
In the coming weeks, it’ll be a little harder to buy an HTC phone in Germany. The county’s Mannheim District Court has issued an injunction, banning the sale of HTC phones through Deutsche Telekom. The court agreed with Acacia Research Group LLC’s patent dispute which claimed that HTC’s devices use a patented voice coding technology…
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HTC and Nokia settle all patent litigation with cross-licensing agreement
The patent infringement litigation between HTC and Nokia was settled today when both companies announced that HTC had agreed to a licensing Nokia’s patents. The agreement between the two companies is characterized as collaboration since HTC is bringing its LTE patent portfolio to the table as well. Unfortunately, Nokia still comes out on top since…
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HTC to fight injunction ruling in Germany over Nokia’s data transfer patent
HTC may be facing a sales ban in Germany after the courts ruled that HTC’s devices did infringe on Nokia’s EP 1 148 681 wireless data transfer patent, but HTC will not be going down without a fight. HTC is fighting on three different fronts with a patent invalidity claim, an injunction appeal and software modification to…
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HTC wins HTC One mini import ban appeal in the UK
The British courts have decided to lift the injunction against the HTC One mini. The ruling came today after HTC pressed for a speedy appeal following last week’s ruling by Judge Richard Arnold which forced HTC to stop shipments of the HTC One mini to the UK. HTC’s legal strategy in this case still depends on…
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UK judge orders HTC One mini injunction due to infringement of Nokia patents
Starting December 6th, HTC will no longer be allowed to import the HTC One mini into the UK. Judge Richard Arnold has ruled that several chips inside the device infringe on Nokia patents. HTC claims that the patents cover “a very small component” and is not significant enough to justify an import ban on the…
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German court throws out a patent claim in Nokia vs HTC lawsuit
Jumping off the HTC One bandwagon for a minute and putting on a collard shirt and tie we want to talk about a recent minor win for HTC in the courthouse. Yesterday, a judge in the District Court of Mannheim, Germany dismissed a patent claim that focuses on the way an Android phone accesses the…
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Nokia wins injunction against HTC for patent infringement in Germany
If you thought that the HTC One delays are the only thing keeping HTC executives up at night, think again. Today, German courts handed Nokia a victory in one of its patent disputes with HTC. The outcome of the verdict is a permanent injunction on all HTC products which infringe on Nokia’s wireless power saving technology. The injunction can be enforced immediately, even before HTC has the opportunity to…