Oppo and OnePlus halt phone sales in Germany following Nokia lawsuit - The Verge

Oppo and OnePlus have halted sales of smartphones and smartwatches in Germany following a patent lawsuit with Finnish telecoms giant Nokia. The Chinese phonemakers blame Nokia’s high "unreasonably high" patent fees as the reason for the dispute.

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo and its sub-brand OnePlus have halted sales of smartphones in Germany after losing a patent lawsuit with Nokia.

Nokia has accused the companies of using its patented technology for processing 4G and 5G signals without paying for a license, reports European patent news site Juve Patent, and won an injunction to halt sales last Friday in a German court. (For clarification: this is Nokia the Finnish telecoms giant, a massive player in European telecoms equipment. Nokia the mobile brand is owned by a separate company, also Finnish, named HMD Global.)

Oppo and OnePlus have complied with this order, as evidenced by changes to their German web stores.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/9/23297947/oppo-oneplus-halt-sales-germany-nokia-patent-lawsuit

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