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Court Bans Sale of Xiaomi Smartphones In India

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-phone-for-you dept.

hypnosec writes The Delhi High Court has banned Xiaomi and India online retailer Flipkart from selling any handsets that Ericsson claim are violating patents. The court has also asked Xiaomi and its agents to refrain from making, assembling, importing or selling any devices which infringe the patents in question. Xiaomi says: "We haven’t received an official note from the Delhi High Court. However, our legal team is currently evaluating the situation based on the information we have. India is a very important market for Xiaomi and we will respond promptly as needed and in full compliance with India laws. Moreover, we are open to working with Ericsson to resolve this matter amicably."

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  1. Translation... by Feral+Nerd · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "We haven’t received an official note from the Delhi High Court. However, our legal team is currently evaluating the situation based on the information we have. India is a very important market for Xiaomi and we will respond promptly as needed and in full compliance with India laws. Moreover, we are open to working with Ericsson to resolve this matter amicably."

    Translation: Now that we have infringed all of your patents we are willing to come to an agreement with you but only because you have finally got us by the short and curlies after a long court battle and not because we feel bound by international treaties signed by the Peoples Republic of China since those are only binding for people infringing on our patents.

    1. Re:Translation... by gl4ss · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I think it's this http://www.ericsson.com/thecom...

      that is, the network ericsson, splitted away from the phone biz long time ago. they sell networks to network operators.

      basically, it's pretty probable that you can't do a 3g phone without infringing. that's kinda shitty of course, since if you want to make a mobile phone that works on standard networks.... but its not just a patent troll as such. however, the india court probably should have just said that they're standard essential and fucked them over.

      and all the big traditional players have cross license agreements, so this shit doesn't apply to them. it's only to keep new manufacturers away from the markets.

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