Nokia has won a lawsuit against HTC that will effectively ban the sale of all Android-based HTC smartphones in Germany due to an alleged patent infringement concerning peer-to-peer sharing over Bluetooth and NFC.
As Android Authority reports :
A court in Munich found HTC products using Bluetooth or NFC connections to transfer files between mobile devices (basically Android Beam functionality) to infringe on a Nokia patent, awarding the Finnish company a permanent ban against these devices. The HTC One family of handsets is also included in the ruling, meaning that HTC would have to stop selling the handsets, or modify the software to remove such file sharing features, in order to keep the devices in stores.
the Taiwanese company will obviously appeal the decision, but Nokia can already enforce the injunction after posting a $550 million bond. This is the third verdict for Nokia in the country, after the company won similar injunctions against HTC back in March and a few days ago.
HTC is currently being sued by Nokia in 7 different countries including Germany, the US, UK, France, Italy, Netherlands, and Japan. HTC is likely to appeal the decision while Google makes an attempt at invalidating the patent.
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