Google Pixel 7 sales banned in Japan, Pixel 8 and 9 might follow | Infinium-tech
Google recently lost its right to sell its Google Pixel 7 series after a patent dispute with the Korean mobile phone company Pentake. According to a district court in Japan, Google was found guilty of violating patents related to LTE connectivity.
The Pentake filed a case against Google, arguing that the Tech veteran used the same technique described in the patent related to the paint. The patent is related to how the pixel communicates with the LTE modem cell towers in the phone. The patent, however, was not licensed in fair and appropriate circumstances.
As a result, the Tokyo court ruled that the Pixel 7 phone should be removed from the shelves as Google refused to cooperate. The company refused to pay a proper royalty fee and also refused to provide data on the number of Pixel 7 phones sold in Japan.
The Japanese market is very important for Google as it is the second largest smartphone seller in the country after Apple, which crosses the choice of Samsung and Shiaomi.
Pantech is now filing another lawsuit against Google, recently targeting the Pixel 8 and Pixel 9 series, so both companies do not compromise until both companies make a compromise, until both of them may face the same fate.
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