OnePlus’ European innings aren’t going so nicely. 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 problem was resolved in January when the corporate’s mothership, OPPO, reached a world patent licensing deal with Nokia.
The dispute that’s received OnePlus cellphone gross sales halted once more in Germany is with a agency known as InterDigital. It’s a company that holds vital patents for cell 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OnePlus telephones have been withdrawn from its German on-line retailer in the meanwhile.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 accessible on the web site.
It’s unclear when the brand new patent battle will get resolved, nevertheless it’s definitely not nice timing for OnePlus, which is on the point of launch its subsequent flagship cellphone — the OnePlus 13. The corporate hopes to discover a peaceable resolution, although. It issued the next assertion to Allround-pc:
OnePlus locations excessive worth on mental property rights and truthful entry to plain important patents, which is important for driving innovation within the business. We’ll proceed to barter with InterDigital and want to resolve this matter in an amicable method. In the meantime, our dedication in Europe stays unchanged and we’ll proceed to supply wonderful services to our customers.
In the meantime, parallel proceedings are ongoing between InterDigital and OnePlus within the UK, India, China, and Spain.