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Nokia wins ban in the Netherlands on HTC One component | Nokia wins ban in the Netherlands on HTC One component |
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Nokia has won a court injunction banning HTC from using microphone components in its flagship HTC One smartphones. | |
It will create more headaches for the Taiwan-based firm, which has struggled with component shortages. | It will create more headaches for the Taiwan-based firm, which has struggled with component shortages. |
Nokia said it had taken apart the HTC One and found the high-amplitude audio-capture technology was the same as its own. | Nokia said it had taken apart the HTC One and found the high-amplitude audio-capture technology was the same as its own. |
HTC said it would be looking for alternatives "immediately". | HTC said it would be looking for alternatives "immediately". |
The ruling made by the Amsterdam District Court is effective until March 2014 and will prevent STMicro, which sells the parts, from offering them to HTC for sale. | |
The court found the parts had been invented by Nokia and manufactured exclusively for the Finnish company's phones. | The court found the parts had been invented by Nokia and manufactured exclusively for the Finnish company's phones. |
Nokia said: "HTC has no licence or authorisation from Nokia to use these microphones or the Nokia technologies from which they have been developed. | Nokia said: "HTC has no licence or authorisation from Nokia to use these microphones or the Nokia technologies from which they have been developed. |
"The injunction prevents STMicroelectronics from selling the microphones to anyone except us, anywhere in the world, until 1 March 2014. Its scope is not restricted to the Netherlands. | |
"The HAAC [high amplitude audio capture] technology used in these microphones is Nokia's and there is no alternate supplier." | |
In a statement, HTC said it was disappointed by the decision. | In a statement, HTC said it was disappointed by the decision. |
"We are considering whether it will have any impact on our business and we will explore alternative solutions immediately," it said. | "We are considering whether it will have any impact on our business and we will explore alternative solutions immediately," it said. |
A spokesman for STMicro - which has its headquarters in Geneva - said his company planned to challenge the ruling. | |
"A decision has been rendered by the Amsterdam Court, prohibiting ST to sell a specific microphone on the open market," he said. | |
"ST intends to appeal this decision. In the meantime, ST is ready to propose alternative solutions." | |
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