沒想到英國才結束禁售處分，現在德國又開始面對禁售的噩運。HTC 在歐洲市場簡直是多災多難，與 Nokia 英國的禁售命運才結束沒多久，現在又碰到了 Nokia 在德國專利官司，結論一樣，兩款手機可能遭到禁售的命運。
包含了 New HTC One 與 HTC One mini 兩款手機已經禁止在德國市場販售，意味著這個聖誕節，德國市場將無法見到 HTC 兩款新機的身影。
禁售的原因主要是因為 HTC 可能侵犯了 Nokia 的 USB 專利，因此德國法院發佈了 HTC 在該國的販售禁令。
“Nokia is pleased that the Regional Court in Munich, Germany has today ruled that a number of HTC products infringe Nokia’s patent EP 1 246 071, which covers USB functionality in mobile phones.
Today’s judgment is another significant milestone in our on-going dispute with HTC, enabling Nokia to enforce an injunction against the import and sale of all infringing HTC products in Germany, as well as to obtain damages for past infringement. This patent is also already in suit against HTC in the UK.
Nokia began its actions against HTC in 2012, with the aim of ending HTC’s unauthorised use of Nokia’s proprietary innovations and has asserted more than 50 patents against HTC in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, UK and US. During 2013, HTC has been found to infringe Nokia patents in venues including the Regional Courts in Mannheim and Munich, Germany, the UK High Court and the US International Trade Commission.”
HTC 可以選擇採用新的方式避開 USB 專利問題，或者與 Nokia 進行談判，需求對方在專利上的授權，以避開禁售的命運。這次影響主要是在 Android 裝置上，至於 Windows Phone 則因為 Nokia Devices and Services 事業群已經歸入 Microsoft 而逃過一劫。
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