Oppo and OnePlus have been banned by a German court from selling their 5G smartphones in the country

It seems that Chinese smartphone makers all over the world are having a rather hard time

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Oppo and OnePlus have been banned by a German court from selling their 5G smartphones in the country

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The reason behind the ban that the German court imposed on Oppo and OnePlus doesn’t have anything to do with money laundering or misappropriation of funds, but a patent dispute between Nokia and the Chinese smartphone makers.

The Mannheim District Court of Germany ruled in favour of Nokia and found that Oppo and OnePlus did not have valid licenses....

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...for the 5G technology that they were using in their smartphones.

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They are copy the petent of Nokia without their permission.Nokia’s demand for an unreasonably high fee is detrimental to this effect

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Due to more lawsuits by Nokia against BBK group in the UK, Netherlands, Spain, France, Finland, and Sweden....

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....this could mean the end of the Eurotrip for Oppo, OnePlus, Vivo, Realme brands

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