In a somewhat unexpected twist to this never-ending battle between
Nokia and HTC, the Taiwanese company has scored a win in Germany with
the courts closing down Nokia's patent suit. The case covers a patent
relating to technologies enabling mobiles phones to receive calls while
downloading over-the-air-updates.
The two companies have been locked in the patent war for some time
with multiple suits being filed against HTC and Nokia prevailing in
numerous cases. Nokia subsequently released a rather touchy statement,
"HTC's first New Year's resolution for 2014 should be to stop this free
riding and compete fairly in the market." The company is considering
appealing the verdict.
As lightly touched on above, the verdict comes just weeks after the court ruled in Nokia's favour against HTC
for violating a patent. This court ruling is important to Nokia,
specifically because the company is in the process of being absorbed by
Microsoft, to then focus on managing its patent portfolio (as well as
HERE and NSN).
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