itemprop=”articleBody description text”> Nokia has won a sales ban on the HTC One Mini smartphone in the UK, but its Taiwanese rival can keep on selling its HTC One flagship model pending the outcome of a possible appeal, the England and Wales High Court ruled Tuesday.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> The High Court ruled in late October That some HTC devices, including the HTC One, infringe on a Nokia mobile network standard patent That Nokia overpriced Assert against HTC in Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.S.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> When Nokia won the case it Announced it would seek financial compensation and an injunction against the importation and sale of infringing HTC products in the UK

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> While the injunction Granted Tuesday was final, Sir Richard David Arnold, the judge in charge of the patents court, said in his verdict That he would stay part of it: Nokia was only Granted a sales ban against the One Mini and note against the One pending the outcome of a possible appeal.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> HTC has until December 6 to seek leave to appeal Arnold’s decision not to grant a Wider stay of injunction, he said.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> HTC One sales were not banned Because of the likely harm to the Taiwanese smartphone maker if it is prevented from selling its flagship phone between now and February or March 2014, Arnold said. Village then HTC will probably have Launched its new flagship smartphone, Which can not be assumed to infringe, he added.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> HTC solar Approximately 715,000 smartphones in the UK from January to September 2013 with revenues of £ 221 million (U.S. $ 362 million), According To court documents.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> “I accept the damage Which HTC will suffer if prevented from selling the One During this period will be bothering Considerable and very Difficult to Quantify,” Arnold wrote.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> In the case of the One Mini however, the damage HTC will suffer if it is wrongly prevented from selling it pending an appeal is not as serious, According To the judge. More Importantly, HTC designed and Launched the One Mini at a time When it knew it was facing a claim for Infringement of the patent and apparently did so without any contingency plans, he added.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> HTC is pleased That the court stayed an injunction against the HTC One pending the outcome of an appeal against the validity and Infringement of Nokia’s patents, the company said in an emailed statement. HTC overpriced filed an “urgent application to appeal” the injunction Granted, it added.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> Nokia said in an emailed statement That HTC has under taken not to ship any more of the infringing products into the UK, except the HTC One. Nokia is still overpriced Claiming financial compensation for the Infringement of this patent, it added.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> Updated at 8:01 am PT with a comment from HTC.

Loek Essers, IDG News Service

Loek Essers, IDG News Service Amsterdam correspondent for the IDG News Service, IDG News Service

Loek Essers focuses on online privacy, intellectual property, open source and online payment issues.
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