Chinese cellphone manufacturer Xiaomi has been granted partial relief from Delhi High Court on 16 December. However, the High Court has ruled that the Chinese manufacturer can only sell its devices with two caveats- the phone should be running on Qualcomm’s mobile chips and it can only do so until 8 January.
The court has also directed the smartphone maker to submit payment for all the phones imported so far in India, which will be deposited to the High Court and will be kept as a fixed deposit for three months while the case is being heard.
According to Xiaomi, the agreements between Xiaomi and Qualcomm, the phones which have chipsets based on the Qualcomm technology have been allowed for sale in India. Xiaomi’s phones Mi3, Redmi 1S and Redmi Note 4G are the phones which can now be sold in the country. The company also submitted copies of its communication with Qualcomm to support its argument that it has not infringed the patent. The Redmi Note 3G and other models however are based on the chipsets sourced from Mediatek, which does not have license to sell Ericsson’s technology.
The court has also directed Xiaomi to submit the details of invoices of the purchase of chipsets from Qualcomm and details of sale of Qualcomm based phones in India. Further, the bench has directed Xiaomi to deposit Rs 100 for every device imported to India by it, since its launch and to also disclose the number of phones imported to India in January 2015 and deposit the money per phone imported in January.
Xiaomi VP Hugo Barra has again written a letter to the smartphone Fans on his Facebook Page giving them the good news about the lift of ban.
=) RT @hbarra: Indian Mi fans, we’re resuming sales in India next week: http://t.co/pgteIcrYtM
— Mi India (@MiIndiaOfficial) December 16, 2014