A German court rules in a legal dispute between tech giants...

A German appeals court on Monday lifted the enforcement of a court order won by Nokia in a patent dispute with Lenovo to prevent the world’s largest computer maker from selling its products in Europe’s largest economy.

A Munich court ruled on September 30 that a Hong Kong-listed company had violated a Nokia patent, ordering an injunction and withdrawing products from retailers, among other things.

Nokia began its legal battle against Lenovo last year over an alleged infringement of 20 patents. The Finnish company has ongoing cases against Lenovo in the United States, Brazil and India, in addition to 6 cases in Germany.

Lenovo then appealed the Munich court ruling. “We believe that Nokia has violated its legal obligations by refusing to license its technology on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, either to Lenovo or to third-party suppliers whose parts include H.264 technology,” she said in a statement.

H.264 is a video compression format widely used in smartphones and computers. Nokia previously sued Apple for violating its patents, and received $ 2 billion for a settlement in 2017.

Lenovo said: The Court of Appeal approved its request to suspend implementation of the Munich ruling “on the basis of the high probability that the decision cannot be expected to be supported on appeal.”

In response, Nokia said: “The appeals court decision did not indicate that it would stand by Lenovo on the merits of the case:” We are confident that our case will be appealed.

It is noteworthy that such a suspension is common in German court battles and usually remains in effect until a final ruling is issued on the merits of the case. The case revolves around the fairness and reasonableness of the H.264 license fee that Nokia requires from Lenovo.

Reuters earlier quoted a source at Lenovo: “Nokia is claiming a very exaggerated global royalty rate that exceeds 50 times what Lenovo believes is reasonable and appropriate.”