Nokia receives preliminary ITC ruling against HTC, may lead to a US import ban

Ane of the many legal battles involving smartphone manufacturers is Nokia suing HTC over several patent infringements. Nokia filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) claiming HTC encroached on several patents with their Android based devices.

Through the course of the litigation several of the claims were dropped leaving 3 patent claims to exist ruled on. An Administrative Law Guess with the ITC has issued a preliminary ruling confronting HTC on two of the iii remaining patent claims which very well could lead to a U.Due south. import ban against HTC.

In the preliminary order, Judge Thomas Pender ruled,

"The Administrative Constabulary Judge hereby determines that a violation of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, equally amended, has been found in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, or the auction within the United States after importation of certain electronic devices, including mobile phones and tablet computers, and components thereof, in connection with the claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,415,247 and 6,393,260."

The two patents in dispute includes one on a "method for attenuating spurious signals and receiver" and one on a "method and organization for transmitting and receiving RF signals through various radio interfaces of communications systems".

The third patent dealt with tethering was non establish infringed upon by HTC.

HTC and Nokia will now petition the International Trade Commission for a review of findings which could lead to a U.S. import ban on HTC Android devices. It is more than probable a situation where HTC will have to pay licensing fees to Nokia to continue to use the patented engineering science should Nokia prevail with the ITC.

This latest ruling confronting HTC comes on the heels of some other lawsuit filed in German language Court by Nokia claiming USB configuration patent infringement by HTC. A lawsuit in which analysts feel that Nokia will likely prevail in. If successful in either the German activeness or the ITC complaint, it could prove costly for HTC to either pay for the licenses to utilise the technology or redesign their Android devices.

Y'all can read Estimate Pender's redacted ruling here (full ruling will exist issued subsequently).

Source: Foss Patents; Thanks, Riffraffy, for the tip!

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