HTC’s had a coarse go of it within the legal arena this year, and the corporate just got hit with another judicial setback in Germany. Patent holding firm (read: patent troll) IPCom was granted an injunction in 2009 against HTC based upon HTC’s devices alleged infringement of an IPCom patent on UMTS 3G technology. HTC appealed that injunction in 2009 to suspend its enforcement, and today the German court upheld the former decision. With the injunction back in full effect, IPCom plans to hunt sanctions against the Taiwanese firm and ban the sale of its devices in Deutcheland. So, which means HTC should pony up the money to license the IP in question or leave a lot of Beats fanatics disappointed come Christmas morning.
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