KIANEWS Nokia won in Germany over Lenovo
02. 10. 2020 Friday / By: Robert Denes / Industrial / Exact time: BST / Print this page
No one can be proud of the recent ruling of the German Federal Court, but which one would not be able to "This would necessarily have catastrophic consequences if the lower courts did not unduly extend its scope, the Munich I Regional Court ordered Lenovo to due to a patent that was found to be essential to the (old) H.264 video codec standard.
During the appeal process (unless the Court of Appeal orders the suspension), Nokia may enforce this order against a security of EUR 3.25 million (less than $ 4 million) - including a sales ban and recall of goods from the retail channel.
Last month, another Munich judiciary ordered a German-wide ban on Mercedes-wide sales of the Sharp patent, declared essential for mobile telecommunications standards, requiring security (for enforcement unless an appellate court orders a suspension) of only 5.5 million (approximately $ 6.5 million).Further months earlier (i.e., August), the Mannheim Provincial Court banned Daimler from Nokia Wireless in September, but considered that coverage of € 7 billion ($ 8.2 billion) would be needed during the execution of the appeal - and Nokia also ”Enforcement must now be enforced as the appellate court is considering the suspension and has not yet wanted enforcement to take place.
Two more SEP wireless cases against Daimler will be decided by a Munich court (in this case, the Lenovo decision-making body) later this month. In one of these cases, in the case of Conversant v. Daimler, it is possible to remove doubts as to the validity of the patent application; otherwise, he will certainly issue an order. The Nokia v Lenovo injunction was based on the overwhelming application of Sisvel v. Haier by the Munich court and held that Lenovo allegedly did not make a sufficiently good faith effort to obtain a license from Nokia.Via LinkLenovo's official statement on the Munich judgment: "We do not agree with the decision of the Munich court and will appeal against the decision. In particular, we believe that Nokia has breached its own legal obligations by refusing to license its technology on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. Lenovo or third parties As one of the largest patent holders in the world, Lenovo has the greatest respect for its work and investment in innovation. to spread affordable innovation to customers around the world and that Nokia’s licensing practices are jeopardizing this access.