Xiaomi got banned in India today
The High Court of Delhi ordered to ban Importing,selling,adverting of xiaomi in India. The case was filled by Ericsson due to patent infringement related to patents of 3G, gsm, HSDPA . Well its a big loss for tech lovers in india .
As due to xiaomi the indian market was getting filled with competetion making the prices lower.
Its also a bad news for aroung the globe like in the country of america where as expected xiaomi was gonna launch itself at the time of CES 2015 . This might be also a worry for americans.
Ericsson said that, "Ericsson’s commitment to the global support of technology and innovation is undisputed. It is unfair for Xiaomi to benefit from our substantial R&D investment without paying a reasonable licensee fee for our technology.
After more than 3 years of attempts to engage in a licensing conversation in good faith, for products compliant with the GSM, EDGE, and UMTS/WCDMA standards Xiaomi continues to refuse to respond in any way regarding a fair license to Ericsson’s intellectual property on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. Ericsson, as a last resort, had to take legal action.
To continue investing in research and enabling the development of new ideas, new standards and new platforms to the industry, we must obtain a fair return on our R&D investments. We look forward to working with Xiaomi to reach a mutually fair and reasonable conclusion, just as we do with all of our licensees.
Since this is an ongoing legal process we do not have any more comments on this matter at the moment."
