The ban was announced by a German district court. Chinese company Lenovo and its subsidiary Motorola have reportedly been found guilty of infringing patents owned by American technology company InterDigital. Lenovo plans to appeal the ban.
According to the ordinance, all smartphone brands, including the new Motorola Edge 50 series devices, will be banned from sale in the state. Journalists noticed that all references to smartphones had disappeared from his website for Motorola in Germany. Lenovo’s website states that the brand’s laptops will be available as long as they are sold in stores.
Earlier, Germany banned the sale of smartphones by Chinese companies Oppo and OnePlus, which were accused of infringing Nokia’s patents, according to the article. However, after some time, the two companies resolved the dispute.
Motorola is an American company, especially known for manufacturing mobile phones and smartphones. In 2011, the company’s mobile division came under the control of Google and Lenovo.
In early April, Apple asked the U.S. Court of Appeals to lift a ban on the supply and sale of its smartwatches. Previously, sales of new wearable gadgets were prohibited due to violations of Masimo patents.