HTC may still continue to sell in UK One mini - tweakers.net

HTC smartphone One may nevertheless continue to sell in the UK. mini So says the manufacturer in a statement. Previously, it seemed that the HTC device there is no longer allowed to sell for infringement of a patent from Nokia.

HTC had appealed an earlier decision to ban the import of the Mini One in the UK and won. that case The manufacturer says in a statement to resume, so the Mini One remains in the stores. Imports directly All One smartphones infringed the patent, but the judge decided initially to only ban. One of the mini- The One max was not included in the lawsuit, while HTC could have known that the patent has been infringed.

difficult with the release of One

To avoid Nokia again can enforce an import ban, HTC comes with chip supplier Qualcomm see if there is a work-around is making the devices not violate the patent. The patent describes a modulator to connect to 2G networks.

Although there have been about patent violations in smartphones and tablets, many lawsuits in recent years, which have rarely resulted in a specific import or sales ban. Often violated patents are not important enough to ban. Selling a whole product or entire product range

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