Xiaomi Sells ILLEGAL PHONES By Ericsson and HTC
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi
launched its 2014 flagship, the Mi4, in
India Last Week, and the device is set to on sale on Tuesday in the
country for about $325.
While the phone
isn’t exactly new, it does come with the latest version of MIUI, the company’s
own flavor of Android. The Mi 4 is Xiaomi’s first device to get the update
in English.
Swedish telecom firm Ericsson today claimed in Delhi High Court
that Chinese mobile phone maker Xiaomi Technology was violating its
interim order by selling handsets which do not have chipsets of
Qualcomm Incorporated.
The counsel for Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
told Justice Jayant Nath that Xiaomi was violating a division
bench order of the court, allowing the Chinese company to sell
and import till today (February 5) only those handsets which
have Qualcomm processors.
“Xiaomi is selling handsets based on
non-Qualcomm chipsets through a website called www.xiaomishop.com,”
senior advocate Pratibha M Singh told the court.
Advocate Ajit Warrier, appearing for Xiaomi,
refuted the contention of Ericsson, saying “it (Xiaomi) has no stake
in the website” and someone else was misusing their name.
He contended that the company was complying with
the court’s order and the phones, allegedly infringing
Ericsson’s patents phones, were being sold by third parties over
whom Xiaomi does not have any control.
The division bench on December 16 last year had
permitted Xiaomi to sell its Qualcomm chipset-based devices as a
‘pro tem’ (temporary) measure till the issue was heard by the single
judge today, and disposed of the Chinese company’s appeal against the
December 8, 2014 order of the single judge.
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The interim ban on import and sale of Xiaomi
devices which run on other processors or chipsets shall continue,
the division bench had clarified.
Redmi Note, one of the latest entrants of Xiaomi in India,
runs on a Mediatek processor.
The single-judge today extended the division
bench’s interim order allowing Xiaomi to continue the sale of
handsets with Qualcomm chipset-based devices till March 18,
provided that it deposits Rs 100 per device imported in the name
of Registrar General of the Delhi High Court.
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