HTC has achieved a six-month high revenue in November due to its latest HTC One A9. But recently, it lost a legal battle with Deutsche Telekom AG, and HTC was banned from selling all smartphones in Germany.
However, HTC phones are still available through Deutsche Telekom until the ban is applied later this month. HTC is now working hard on a solution to avoid sales stoppage of smartphones in Germany.
In a publishing from GSM Arena, the German telecommunications company owns many carriers around the globe and its biggest shareholder is the German government. If HTC will not succeed in resolving the issues by paying for the patents, Acacia might pursue the same injunctions over other carriers of Duetsche Telekom, which will harm the struggling HTC.
With the success of HTC One A9, HTC hit high revenues during the month of November. But it didn't look fine in Germany. The Taiwanese company lost a legal battle in Germany that resulted to the ban of HTC selling their smartphones through Deutsche Telekom AG effective later this month, reports Uber Gizmo.
HTC was sued concerning a patent infringement and lost. Acacia Research Group, a patent licensing company based in Texas, was given an injunction against HTC smartphones which were sold via Deutsche Telekom (aca T-Mobile) in Germany.
As the ban will take effect later in December, anyone who wants to buy an HTC handset via Deutsche Telekom can still do so, before the ban is implemented.
HTC is now working with Deutsche Telekom to help minimize the disruption of selling smartphones in Germany.
The suit that was filed over a patent issue could have been avoided if HTC had agreed to license those patents.
The only chance now for HTC to continue to sell its smartphones through Deutsche Telekom would be to enter a licensing agreement with the Texas-based Acacia Research Group, but both companies declined to comment whether or not they are going to discuss the matter.
