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Philips has alleged Xiaomi of infringing patented technology and has approached the Delhi high court to stop the Chinese smartphone maker from manufacturing as well as selling certain smartphones. Philips has alleged that three different patents related to Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service or UMTS enhancements (HSPA, HSPA+ and LTE technologies) are being violated by Xiaomi in India
Aside, the
Dutch company is also looking for an injunction to direct the customs
authorities at every port including airports to not allow imports of all
Xiaomi smartphones including the ones that are specified in the
application.
According to the reports, Philips is not only
looking to ban the sales of these devices but it also wants Xiaomi to be
stopped from “manufacturing /assembling, importing, selling, offering
for sale, advertising including through their and third party websites
certain mobile phones and any future or other devices or models” that
violate the said patents.
The Delhi High court has given Xiaomi
India four weeks to file its reply and has ordered Xiaomi to maintain an
amount of Rs. 1000 crore in their bank accounts that are operated in
India on or before December 2. The next hearing date for the case is
scheduled on January 18 2021.
While we do not have information of
specific models in question, however, the technologies in question are
used in most smartphones these days. We’ve reached out to both Xiaomi
and Philips and their response is awaited at the time of filing this
story.
Source:www.techradar.com
Author:Jitendra Soni
Editor:Vapor