14 DAY TRIAL // Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC will modify the design of its smartphones after losing a patent dispute with Nokia, the latest reports on the matter unveil.
The company was found to infringe on Nokia’s patent EP1579613 for a "method and apparatus for enabling a mobile station to adapt its revision level based on network protocol revision level," a recent article on focustaiwan reads.
Following the court ruling, HTC is said to have noted in a filing to the Taiwan Stock Exchange that it will no longer use the functionality in devices sold in Germany.
“We are investigating modifications for our handsets to remove this redundant technology," the handset vendor reportedly said.
Apparently, Nokia has won more than one patent dispute against HTC in Germany. HTC sees the ruling only as a minor setback until it puts the redesign in place.