OnePlus’ European innings aren’t going so properly. Months after reviving gross sales in Germany, the corporate is once more having to halt them owing to an ongoing patent dispute.
Beforehand, OnePlus needed to cease gross sales in Germany following a authorized tussle with Nokia. The difficulty was resolved in January when the corporate’s mothership, OPPO, reached a world patent licensing cope with Nokia.
The dispute that’s bought OnePlus telephone gross sales halted once more in Germany is with a agency referred to as InterDigital. It’s a company that holds crucial patents for cellular communication applied sciences, together with 5G.
OnePlus telephones have been withdrawn from its German on-line retailer in the meanwhile. Nonetheless, different OnePlus units, such because the OnePlus Pad 2 and OnePlus Watch 2, are nonetheless out there on the web site.
It’s unclear when the brand new patent battle will get resolved, however it’s actually not nice timing for OnePlus, which is on the brink of launch its subsequent flagship telephone — the OnePlus 13. The corporate hopes to discover a peaceable answer, although. It issued the next assertion to Allround-pc:
OnePlus locations excessive worth on mental property rights and truthful entry to straightforward important patents, which is crucial for driving innovation within the trade. We are going to proceed to barter with InterDigital and want to resolve this matter in an amicable approach. In the meantime, our dedication in Europe stays unchanged and we’ll proceed to offer wonderful services and products to our customers.
In the meantime, parallel proceedings are ongoing between InterDigital and OnePlus within the UK, India, China, and Spain.
