The statements of the United States did not bear fruit! Germany acted
At the beginning of the new year, it seems that all countries are releasing it"Sales ban"。These include a ban on the import of gasoline-powered vehicles, a ban on the import of chips and production equipment and other related products. However, the ban on chip imports is usually led by the United States, but there is a slight change at this stage, and American companies in the German market are facing import bans.
According to the Financial Times, a German court has ruled that Intel infringed a patent of the American company R2 Semiconductor. Germany then imposed a sales ban on some Intel chips, prohibiting the infringing products from continuing to be sold on the German market. Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Inc., which use these Intel chips, are also expected to be affected by the sales ban.
Intel, of course, will not admit defeat and announced that it will continue to appeal. Intel believes that R2 semiconductor companies in the United States are typical"Patent bully"Previously, it would only be declared non-infringing if it was sued by Intel in the United States. Now that the United States has announced that it is not infringing, both Germany and Intel have taken a certain blow to their hands, and they intend to push the American company R2 to death on this issue.
It is said to be targeting the R2 of the United States, but in reality it is likely to be using external factors to push Germany to lift the ban.
After all, Intel has revealed that the patent it accused of infringing by the American company R2 has been declared invalid in the United States. Now it's the European market. The R2 company in the U.S. actually won the case, and the verdict here will inevitably be called into question. In other words, the outcome of the US ruling pointed the way for Germany to invalidate the patent in the European market. It remains to be seen how Germany will behave.
However, the results announced by the United States before Germany at the moment are clearly not benchmarks and are not useful. In any case, the American companies themselves will"Choke yourself by the throat", because there is always a winner and a loser, and thus it falls on the head of Germany.
However, it is very difficult to determine whether Intel Corporation has violated the regulations. In this regard, it is quite difficult to keep track of the situation.
In 2015, Intel plans to invest in R2 Semiconductors after evaluating its semiconductor intellectual property patents. Prior to terminating the partnership, R2 Semiconductor and Intel's patent attorneys discussed the technical documentation. It is not known why Intel unilaterally terminated the cooperation between the two parties. Since then, the BEAM patent has also been struck, and R2 Semiconductor has filed several patent lawsuits against Intel.
Combined with the German ruling, it is clear that this time the patent existed, only to be declared invalid in the United States. Why, then, are the local rulings in the United States and Germany so different? Is it not adaptable? Of course, none of this currently applies. The important question is whether the situation in Germany will change if Intel postpones the US ruling. All of this is just the end result.
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