Post 16- Nokia Gets Injunction Against HTC

Last week, I posted about the ITC refusing to review a decision between Nokia and HTC, and how Nokia hasn't been winning many cases against HTC. Today, however, I just encountered an article on Foss Patents blog about Nokia winning a patent injunction against HTC in Germany for a power-saving technology.

The patent in question specifically had to do with increasing battery life by using less of the phone's energy when adjacent mobile connections, like a radio signal, are available. And, as mentioned above, Nokia won.

This is quite a big blow to HTC in Germany because Nokia was granted a total injunction and even a recall of infringing items that are out at retail locations. Nokia was quoted in a corporate statement saying: ""Nokia is pleased with this decision, which confirms the quality of Nokia’s patent portfolio. Nokia has also patented this power saving invention in the US, UK, France, Italy, Sweden, Austria, Japan and Hong Kong. In addition to this case in Germany, we have asserted the patent against HTC in the UK and in the US International Trade Commission, with a hearing in the US scheduled to start in two months’ time. More than 30 further Nokia patents have been asserted against HTC in other actions brought by Nokia in Germany, the US and the UK. HTC must now respect our intellectual property and compete using its own innovations."

And this quotation refers to 40 patents in suit with HTC in not just Germany, but the USA and UK as well, according to Foss Patents. I thought it was interesting how many lawsuits were going between these two competitors, and once again, it goes to show how significant intellectual property can be in getting ahead of your competitor. (article is here:http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/03/nokia-wins-german-patent-injunction.html)