{"id":33292,"date":"2013-03-09T12:38:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-09T10:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=33292"},"modified":"2013-03-09T12:40:15","modified_gmt":"2013-03-09T10:40:15","slug":"nokia-vs-htc-patent-case-dismissed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/33292\/nokia-vs-htc-patent-case-dismissed\/","title":{"rendered":"Nokia vs HTC patent case dismissed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taiwan’s top smartphone maker HTC said Saturday a German court had dismissed two patent infringement complaints brought against the company by Finnish phone giant Nokia.<\/span><\/p>\n

The District Court of Mannheim in southwest Germany dismissed the two complaints on Friday and awarded the HTC its legal costs, the company said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

HTC said it believed “Nokia has exaggerated the scope of its patent in order to extract unwarranted licensing royalties from Android handset manufacturers”, adding: “We are gratified that the court apparently shares HTC’s view.”<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the complaints from Nokia alleged that HTC infringed a part of its patent on “a method for using services offered by a telecommunications network, a telecommunications system, and a terminal for it”, HTC said, in a case reportedly involving distribution of the Google Play app store.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a separate judgment the court rejected Nokia’s complaint that claimed HTC infringed a patent for lightening and dimming the smartphone display.<\/span><\/p>\n

Technology giants have taken to routinely pounding one another with patent lawsuits. Apple has accused HTC and other smartphone makers using Google’s Android mobile operating system of infringing on Apple-held patents.<\/span><\/p>\n

HTC and Apple were locked in more than 20 cases worldwide until they reached a global settlement late last year to end all outstanding litigation between them.<\/span><\/p>\n

HTC sells its own smartphones and also makes handsets for a number of leading US companies, including Google’s Nexus One.<\/span><\/p>\n

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