The Munich Higher Regional Court initially allows Lenovo to sell desktop PCs, notebooks and tablets in Germany again. Nokia is currently running a case against Lenovo regarding patents relating to the video codec H. 264.

Lenovo appealed the ban on sales, whereupon the competent court of appeal acted unusually quickly to stay the enforcement. The patent blog Foss Patents regards this as a sign that patent disputes in Germany could be negotiated more fairly in future.

“That that The district court clearly pronounced a wrong judgment here and the court of appeal recognized this so quickly, fundamentally questions the position of the district court Munich I in lawsuits with standard essential patents, “says blog owner Florian Müller. The proceedings are therefore also relevant for the automobile manufacturer Daimler, against whom Nokia and Conversant are suing for patent infringements.

Lenovo: We stand for FRAND a Lenovo intends to resume sales of all devices via the online store by this evening. The retail trade may also be supplied again for the time being.

“We are pleased that the Munich Higher Regional Court has granted our application to suspend the enforcement of the Munich judgment in return for a security deposit, as it is highly unlikely that that the decision in the appeal will be upheld, “said a Lenovo spokesman. “The suspension continues for the duration of Lenovo’s appeal against the judgment in the case of the Nokia patent H. 264.”

“We are still committed to resolving this matter under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) conditions,” it said. “We still believe Nokia has violated its own legal obligations by refusing to FRAND its technology to Lenovo or our third-party vendors. This is a landmark case for the entire technology industry and one that which we continue to challenge as it creates the future conditions so that unreasonable global patent license fees do not hinder customer access to affordable innovations. ”

(mma)