 Following
the previous patent infringement lawsuit against HTC Corporation and HTC Europe
Co. Ltd, with reservations, HTC can continue to sell its affected UMTS
smartphones (namely its Windows Mobile and Android smartpones) in Germany.
A German appellate court has suspended the initially obtained decision IP-Com
was able to obtain two weeks ago.
The court plans to
continue to listen to the companies in four weeks. HTC said it was very pleased
about the courts decision and further assumes that the patent in question was
neither hurt nor ever was valid. IP-Com raised that HTC, with its UMTS mobile
phones, has infringed patents.
The alleged infringing technology is present in the baseband chipset
component supplied by HTC's chipset vendor and does not involve HTC technology
or intellectual property. This court decision will not impact HTC's core
competency or current HTC customers in Germany or devices already on sale in
Germany. Nevertheless, HTC already said it's working with its chipset supplier
to identify an alternative solution.
Cheers ~ Arne
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