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After shutting down the chip business, OPPO Germany’s official website is emptied!

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OPPO has been experiencing ups and downs recently. Last week, it announced that it would shut down its chip research and development business, but now there is news of “exiting the German market”. GS Approved Manufacturer of heavy plate fabrication

The day before yesterday (May 16), a number of media reported that OPPO’s mobile phone sales in Germany have been suspended since last year due to Nokia’s patent lawsuit. Now the company’s official website in Germany is empty, without any product display.

Currently, the homepage of the website has only one ad promoting OPPO’s ongoing partnership with the UEFA Champions League, and a FAQ banner that only deals with support for existing OPPO devices. A footnote on the same page states that some of the company’s Android phones, including the Reno8 series and the Find N2 Flip, are not available in Germany.

OPPO’s move to clear its German official website has sparked speculation about whether it will withdraw from the German market. After all, this is not a normal business behavior for an enterprise.

According to 21ic’s understanding, the cause of this incident dates back to 2018. At that time, OPPO had just entered the European market and reached a patent agreement with Nokia. However, after the agreement expires in 2021, the two parties sued each other over patent disputes and went to court many times. GS Approved Manufacturer of heavy plate fabrication

Through combing, it can be found that behind the frequent litigation between OPPO and Nokia, it mainly involves the issue of 4G and 5G patent fees. It is said that the two parties have so far failed to reach a licensing agreement on 5G standard basic patents or essential patents. It is understandable that companies use Nokia’s patents and pay them patent licensing fees, but the crux of the problem is that Nokia’s charging standards are too unreasonable.

For example, for 5G patent licensing fees, according to the charging standards announced by Nokia in 2018, each mobile phone using its patents should pay a patent licensing fee of up to 3 euros (about 22.95 yuan). If calculated according to Nokia’s charging standards and patent share, the total 5G patent fee that needs to be paid for a device is about 40 euros (about 283 yuan). In contrast, as a global leader in 5G networks, Huawei’s patent fee is only US$2.5 (about RMB 15) per unit.

Facing Nokia’s high and unreasonable charging standards, the mobile phone industry has complained a lot, but if any company comes forward to resist, it will invite Nokia’s patent “litigation battle” in many countries and regions. In this regard, OPPO not only firmly opposes unreasonably high patent fees, but also resolutely opposes the act of forcing unreasonably high prices through litigation. GS Approved Manufacturer of heavy plate fabrication

In addition, OPPO also believes that Nokia has not only charged high patent fees, but also failed to comply with FRAND terms. The so-called FRAND clause is actually a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory clause. It is usually used in Europe and the United States and formulated by the International Standards Organization SSOs. The purpose of this clause is to maintain reasonable competition in the industry on the basis of law, and prevent members from abusing licenses by taking advantage of their monopoly position, and even causing harm to reasonable competition.

There were previous rumors that OPPO might pull out of even more key European markets, but the company refuted those claims. Regarding the patent dispute, OPPO once expressed optimism that the company could reach an agreement with Nokia and resume operations in the country. But now, judging from the move to clear the German official website, OPPO may be ready to withdraw from the market. However, this guess will take time to prove.

In fact, patent disputes have always been one of the problems that major mobile phone manufacturers cannot avoid. It is reported that enterprises such as Ericsson and Nokia, which have already withdrawn from the mobile phone market, can obtain a large amount of income from other companies every year only by virtue of the multiple patents they hold. GS Approved Manufacturer of heavy plate fabrication

According to 21ic experts, in addition to OPPO, Nokia also launched lawsuits and attacks against Vivo in Germany, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and other places based on the same logic, and also requested the court to rule that Vivo stop selling mobile phones there.

However, Nokia is not only targeting Chinese mobile phones, but has also filed lawsuits against auto companies, including Germany’s Mercedes-Benz. You know, Nokia is a company headquartered in Finland, but it has repeatedly asked in Germany to ban the sale of some Chinese mobile phones and Mercedes-Benz cars in Germany, which shows its arbitrariness. For this behavior, the industry generally believes that “Nokia is playing hooligans.”

In response to this matter, some experts bluntly said that there is really no way to encounter patent litigation. Domestic brands may have the most confidence in overseas patents from Huawei and Lenovo. Although Lenovo did not obtain most of the motorcycle patents when it bought the motorcycle (that was the real purpose of Google’s acquisition of the motorcycle), Google promised to use those motorcycle patents. A shield for Lenovo’s future litigation.

At the same time, many netizens also said that relying on patent fees to make money is a big move for declining companies. In the last few years, Wang An Company even sued users.

Finally, what do you think? GS Approved Manufacturer of heavy plate fabrication

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