HTC Corp (宏達電) on Tuesday said that it would consider all options to seek relief after a jury in a US court ruled against it in a patent infringement case and it was ordered to pay US$8.9 million.
The company said in a statement that it was disappointed with the jury’s decision, but added it was unlikely to have adverse effects on its operations.
The A jury in Delaware’s federal court on Monday said that the Taiwanese smartphone vendor infringed on wireless communications patents owned by Luxembourg-based patent licensing firm 3G Licensing.
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Negotiations between the two sides to resolve the dispute broke down and 3G Licensing filed the lawsuit against HTC in 2017.
The Luxembourg firm said that HTC stole two of its patents, but HTC denied the accusation, saying the patents were invalid.
According to 3G Licensing, HTC smartphone models, including the Long Term Evolution capable One, Bolt and Desire, used the two patents related to wireless communications standards.
The Luxembourg firm also said that HTC technologies in Google Pixel smartphones infringed on its patents, but it did not name Google as a defendant.
French telecom service provider Orange SA, which developed the patents, was a plaintiff in the case.
Netherlands-based telecom operator Royal KPN NV, which had been another plaintiff, in May reached an agreement with HTC to settle their dispute.
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