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Date posted: 25/04/2012 The European Patent Office has revoked a patent which threatened to halt sales of HTC and Nokia phones in Germany. pcom said it would appeal the EPO's ruling. Intellectual property licensor Ipcom had demanded a ban on the two smartphone makers' handsets after they refused to meet its terms. The dispute centred on rights to a wireless technology developed by Bosch for a car telephone system, which it subsequently sold in 2007. "The patent will remain in effect until the EPO has made a final decision on this appeal," a spokesman said. "As patent '100A' currently remains in effect, today's ruling has no impact on the already-initiated cease and desist orders against HTC." However, HTC urged Ipcom to reconsider. "This ruling undermines Ipcom's licence infringement claim against us. We trust Ipcom will now reconsider its opportunistic dispute with HTC and withdraw its legal action against us," said a spokeswoman. See the full Story via external site: www.bbc.co.uk Most recent stories in this category (Legal): 12/06/2013: Cloud computing user privacy in serious need of reform, scholars say |
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