LG wins patent infringement ruling against TCL at Mannheim district court

News Wireless Germany 9 MRT 2021
LG wins patent infringement ruling against TCL at Mannheim district court

LG said it has won a lawsuit against Chinese handset manufacturer TCL for patent infringement in the German district court of Mannheim. LG Electronics filed lawsuits against TCL in the district courts of Mannheim and Dusseldorf. LG claims TCL implemented technologies in its handsets that infringe three of LG's standard essential patents that cover key areas of LTE handsets: minimising the loss of packet transmission, control timers for uplink synchronisation, and interference reduction in the uplink synchronising process.

The court in Mannheim found that TCL has infringed standard essential patent EP 2 627 146 B1 in Germany for a specific LTE technology. LG has taken steps to stop TCL from the use of LG’s technology without licence. TCL can appeal against the ruling.

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