HTC One、One mini內含的Qualcomm晶片侵犯Nokia專利EP 0 998 024, 英法官網開一面,自12月6日起僅禁售One mini,遞延One的禁售令讓HTC上訴。Nokia擬就專利侵權部分向HTC求償。今年前三季,HTC累計在英國售出75萬支智慧機。
Considering
blocking U.K. sales of the One would cause “considerable” damage to HTC, an injunction against the product has been delayed so HTC could appeal. The HTC One phone contained microchips that breached Nokia’s patent.
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Judge Richard Arnold
The cases are HTC Corporation v. Nokia Corporation, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court,
HC12A02048 and
HC12C02909.
HTC sold about 750,000 smartphones worth about 221 million pounds ($363 million) in the U.K. between January and September, according to the judgment.
缺乏創新、明顯的差異化、高階市場成長減速、中階設備和新興市場競爭激烈、規模縮水,平均產品單價(ASP)下滑等種種原因,HTC恐難推高利潤率,大幅降低運營成本。10月中旬在大陸推出的Desire 7系列跟美國Verizon11月下旬推出的One max,可能也無法替宏達電在激烈競爭的市場增加動力。維持HTC 2014年虧損的預測和減碼評等,給予目標價72元。IDC數據顯示,宏達電第3季在大陸的市占下降到只有1.4%,比一年前的4.7%更下滑。
- Morgan Stanley