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Oppo India has said the Delhi High Court ruling asking the Chinese smartphone brand to deposit almost a fourth of the amount it last paid Nokia as royalty under a 2018 pact for alleged patent infringement has no effect on its operations and sales in the country...
The high court on Monday asked Oppo to make a security deposit within four weeks of the last paid amount attributable to India, which came to 23% of the royalty paid under a 2018 agreement between the two parties..
At the heart of the matter is a case filed by Nokia against Oppo for alleged infringement of the Finnish telecom equipment maker's three standard essential patents (SEPs) in cellular technology...
A division bench of the high court, while setting aside its single judge's November order that rejected Nokia's claim for royalty, said nearly two years have lapsed since the Finnish company filed the case and not a "single farthing" has been paid so far by Oppo, ET reported Tuesday...
Hearing both parties, the high court division bench concluded that a prima facie case of infringement is made out, putting the onus on Oppo to lead evidence during trial to rebut the prima facie view...
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