Chinese
smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has been accused of violating the ban placed on
it by Delhi High court on 16 December previous year. The ban was placed to
restrict sale of handsets without Qualcomm processor although it allowed sales
till march 18 on the pre–condition that it deposits INR 100 per handset in
the name of Registrar General of the Delhi HC. Devices Redmi Note 4G and Redmi1S continued but Redmi note had to be discontinued because it had Mediatek
processor.
Swedish telecom manufacturer – Ericsson has
reported Xiaomi is selling handsets through a web portal www.xiaomishop.com. Under a secret
arrangement with Indian ecommerce website – Flipkart, the website launches
flash sales periodically. These sales infringe on Ericsson’s standard essential
patents (SEP). A SEP is patent for core technology essential to create
smartphone of technical standard. Phones with GSM, EDGE, WCDMA and GPRS cannot
be made by another manufacturer as Ericsson owns their patent. Xiaomi disrupts
Ericsson’s patents regarding AMR, EDGE, 2G and 3G technologies.
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Xiaomi
claims that some third party is misusing Xiaomi’s name and that it has no
involvement in the sale of those handsets. Court has currently ordered
commissioners to visit customs offices in Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi, and
Kolkata and thorough investigation will take place.
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