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Patent battle: Samsung loses $7.3 million in China
China-based Holley Communication has won a battle against Samsung Electronics over dual-mode cell phone patents, resulting in a payout of US $7.3 million.
Holley Communications said that Samsung violates its patents, which protect dual-mode cell phone technology. That technology allows a single phone to work on both CDMA and GSM networks. The suit was filed in China in The Intermediate People’s Court of Hangzhou, capital district of Zhejiang. The $7.3 million-payment is a record for the Chinese mobile cell phone industry.
More than 700k cellphones have been sold by Samsung that contain the infringing technology, and the product is still on sale in most markets. Holley officials stated that this pay-out is only the first piece of compensation they would be seeking.
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