Vivo can no longer sell smartphones in Germany by German court – Tablets and phones – News


however from a authorized standpoint, this additionally voids their proper to make use of that expertise.

properly that isn’t essentially the case, if nokia clearly abuses and goes in opposition to the principles that the EU imposes on frand patents, in the meanwhile this (lowest) choose has stated that nokia’s asking worth was not unreasonable, and with that truth a sale is or import ban simply authentic. with this ruling in hand, nokia can summon all cellphone sellers all through germany to cease promoting this vivo mess below risk of a doable lawsuit with all the prices that entails.

nonetheless, none of that has something to do with:
1: the query of whether or not nokia is actually proper right here .. or whether or not it was merely one other case of old-fashioned-own-people-first-talk (as a result of china is evil). should be thought-about in larger proceedings.

however extra importantly:
2: do you begin with the remark (or query) whether or not or not we are able to simply boycott all Chinese language corporations, whether or not or not prematurely, as a result of there may be now, 1 firm concerned in a patent dispute .. which, by the best way, greater than as soon as, to be exact for a similar causes, between regular European corporations.

Sure, there are definitely mountains with, amongst others, Chinese language corporations that do not care about patents and simply attempt to dump their inferior (usually unsafe) junk in the marketplace right here.. for such instances we have already got sufficient European rules to maintain that junk out of the door. on this case, nonetheless, the query is solely how a lot vivo ought to now pay and whether or not the patents in query ought to now be costlier than earlier than. With this ruling in hand, Nokia is in fact free to supply vivo one other probability to pay as ordinary, and vivo is in fact additionally free to ask a better court docket to make mincemeat of this verdict…

no less than one thing tells me that the elevated license worth can be greater than a easy inflation correction in any other case vivo would most likely have swallowed these prices. these sorts of lawsuits are something however free.