The Nokia Patent War: Why ASUS and Acer Can’t Sell Laptops in Germany TL;DR: ASUS and Acer are banned from selling laptops directly in Germany because they failed to pay Nokia for using its patented H.265 video compression technology. A court ruled they were “unwilling licensees,” leading to an immediate
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A German court has issued a ruling that could have major implications for the chip industry, banning the sale of some Intel processors in Germany. The decision stems from a patent dispute between Intel and R2 Semiconductor, with the court finding that Intel infringed upon R2’s voltage-regulating technology patent. Why