HTC hit with injunction that could prevent smartphone sales in Germany
According to a report published earlier today by The Wall Street Journal, HTC’s already inauspicious year is about to get even worse as the Taiwan-based company has now been hit with an injunction that prevents sales of many of its smartphones through the German operator Deutsche Telekom. The court order was applied for by an independent patent licensing firm trading under the name of Acacia Research Group LLC, and is believed to be attributed to an alleged infringement of a voice coding technology patent.
At present, it’s unclear just how hard this ban will hit HTC as the court has not yet issued a full list of devices that will be prohibited from hitting the market, but we assume that the Taiwanese company’s latest handsets, such as the One A9 and One M9 will be included. HTC claims that it has been working closely with Deutsche Telekom in an effort to minimise disruption to customers while it appeals to the ruling.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
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