Oppo and OnePlus stops phone sales in Germany following Nokia lawsuit due to 5G patent

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Oppo and its subsidiary OnePlus have stopped selling smartphones and smartwatches through their German online stores. The product withdrawal follows defeats in two SEP cases at the Regional Court Munich. If this holds it could spread to the whole EU and inclusive Norway

 

Summary

 Oneplus and Oppo have not paid patent licenses fee to nokia for use of there 5g patents. They have now temporarly stops sales in germany. 

 

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Nokia has accused the companies of using its patented technology for processing 4G and 5G signals without paying for a license, reports European patent news site Juve Patent, and won an injunction to halt sales last Friday in a German court. (For clarification: this is Nokia the Finnish telecoms giant, a massive player in European telecoms equipment. Nokia the mobile brand is owned by a separate company, also Finnish, named HMD Global.)

 

Sources

https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/9/23297947/oppo-oneplus-halt-sales-germany-nokia-patent-lawsuit

https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/cases/oppo-stops-sales-in-germany-after-nokias-success-in-munich/