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Acer, ASUS Suspend PC Sales in Germany After Nokia Patent Win
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The Taiwanese PC manufacturers Asus and Acer are currently no longer allowed to offer various computers for sale in Germany after Nokia obtained a sales ban in court. Asus has now explained how Germany should continue to do so. (Read more)
Two giants in the sector, Acer and Asus, are being banned from selling their machines directly in Germany, following a Nokia offensive in the field of patents.
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Acer and Asus have temporarily stopped selling certain PCs in Germany after a court granted Nokia an injunction over alleged HEVC patent infringement. Retailers can sell existing stock, but new imports are blocked while the dispute continues.
@Le Breton: Yes but the assembler can sell in different countries, and in France for example the formats are not patentable it seems to me (cf. VLC). So the fee would not always be applicable if it took place after the sale.
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