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Nokia seeks HTC One import ban following patent victory

article published on 30 October, 2013

Nokia wants imports and sales of the HTC One smartphone blocked in the United Kingdom after a patent victory over the Taiwanese firm. A UK court found that technology used in HTC smartphones infringed a patent filed in 1998 for the design of a modulator. HTC protested the case by pointing out that the disputed technology was used in a chip it acquired from Qualcomm. Under law in the ... [ read the full article ]

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_ 		1. November 2013 @ 11:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I think this patent business is getting more and more stupid. So Qualcomm licensed the technology for inclusion in their chip but with a limitation on where it can be sold. HTC buys the chips in Taiwan, perfectly legal logistically and makes phones with these chips as a part of it. Now import of this phone is sought to be banned. Perhaps the next step would be to confiscate these phones from visitors entering UK as tourists !!
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