Lenovo and Motorola get a gross sales ban in Germany

After a court docket ruling, Lenovo and its subsidiary Motorola are going through a ban in Germany. The authorized dispute is between Lenovo and the US-based InterDigital over a patent infringement relating to WWAN modules. These modules allow wi-fi cellular connection in smartphones and different moveable units.

In consequence, all units supporting GSM, UMTS, LTE and 5G connectivity won’t be allowed on the German market. This contains some Lenovo cellular units and Motorola smartphones, together with the newest Edge 50 lineup.

The court docket determined that Lenovo makes use of know-how InterDigital has a patent over and the Chinese language-based firm hasn’t met InterDigital’s calls for for honest and cheap licensing charges. Opposite to the court docket’s ruling, Lenovo believes that InterDigital’s phrases usually are not honest and can enchantment the court docket’s resolution.

As of now, solely third-party retailers are promoting Lenovo and Motorola-branded units till shares final, however the two firms are now not itemizing units with WWAN on their official internet shops. As is often the case, the 2 firms will doubtless attain a settlement exterior the court docket and impacted cellular units will return on the cabinets. However if you’re planning on shopping for considered one of Motorola or Lenovo’s merchandise in Germany, you may wish to hurry, as a result of nobody is aware of how lengthy the gross sales ban will final.

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