Ford in Germany faces possible sales ban — reports - DW

A judge in a Munich court ruled Friday that Ford Motor Company will not be able to sell or manufacture vehicles in Germany if it doesn't ... VisitthenewDWwebsite Takealookatthebetaversionofdw.com.We'renotdoneyet!Youropinioncanhelpusmakeitbetter. Gotothenewdw.com Weusecookiestoimproveourserviceforyou.Youcanfindmoreinformationinourdataprotectiondeclaration. Moreinfo OK Inhalt Navigation WeitereInhalte Metanavigation Suche Choosefrom30Languages AlbanianShqip Amharicአማርኛ Arabicالعربية Bengaliবাংলা BosnianB/H/S BulgarianБългарски Chinese(Simplified)简 Chinese(Traditional)繁 CroatianHrvatski Dariدری EnglishEnglish FrenchFrançais GermanDeutsch GreekΕλληνικά HausaHausa Hindiहिन्दी IndonesianIndonesia KiswahiliKiswahili MacedonianМакедонски Pashtoپښتو Persianفارسی PolishPolski PortuguesePortuguêsparaÁfrica PortuguesePortuguêsdoBrasil RomanianRomână RussianРусский SerbianСрпски/Srpski SpanishEspañol TurkishTürkçe UkrainianУкраїнська Urduاردو Wronglanguage?Changeithere DW.COMhaschosenEnglishasyourlanguagesetting. DW.COMin30languages DWAKADEMIE ABOUTDW DW.COM DeutscheWelle TOPSTORIES Coronavirus World Africa The77Percent CrimeFighters AfricaontheMove Asia Europe Americas MiddleEast Germany BerlinWall Business FoundersValley Science Environment GlobalIdeas LivingPlanet Culture Film Books Music Arts DigitalCulture Lifestyle Travel BTHVN2020 Sports SPECIAL 100Must-Reads 50kitchens,onecity BakingBread DWFreedom ExpeditionHumboldt MeettheGermans PlanetBerlin MediaCenter LiveTV Allmediacontent LatestPrograms Podcasts TV ScheduleandReception TVPrograms TVprograms Afrimaxx Arts.21 Art.See.Asia Business Check-in Closeup ConflictZone Covid-19Special DocFilm DWNews EcoAfrica EcoIndia Euromaxx FaithMatters FocusonEurope Global3000 Her InGoodShape Kickoff! MadeinGermany Reporter REV Shift SportsLife TheDay The77Percent TomorrowToday TothePoint WorldStories RADIO LEARNGERMAN GermanCourses GermanCourses Quickstart Harry DeutschInteraktiv RadioD MissionEurope Deutsch-warumnicht? Audiotrainer Deutschtrainer DieBienenretter GermanXXL GermanXXL DeutschAktuell DeutschimFokus Telenovela Bandtagebuch Landeskunde CommunityD CommunityD DasPorträt Podcasts&Newsletter Service TeachingGerman TeachingGerman DWimUnterricht Unterrichtsreihen Deutschlehrer-Info Coronavirus World Germany Business Science Environment Culture Sports TOPSTORIES Advertisement News FordinGermanyfacespossiblesalesban—reports ApatentlicensingdisputeovermicrochipsincarshascausedlegaltroubleinGermanyfortheUScarmaker.Germanyhasnotoriouslystrictpatentlaws. FordisthatlatestcarcompanytobepressuredunderstrictpatentlawinGermany AjudgeinaMunichcourt ruledFridaythatFordMotorCompanywillnotbeabletosellormanufacture vehiclesinGermanyifitdoesn'tsettleadisputeovermicrochips,accordingtoGermanmedia. Fordissaidtohave4Gcellularchipsbuiltintoitsvehiclesforwhichthecompanyhasnotpaidlicensingfees,thebusinessmagazineWirtschaftswochereported. Theruling,whichissubjecttoappeal,couldbeenforcedintwoweeksifForddoesnotreachasettlementwiththeplaintiffs. Whatisthe4Gpatentcaseabout?Fordisbeingsuedbyeightownersof4Gmobilecommunicationspatents,accordingtothereport. Thespecificcompaniesinquestionwerenotnamed,butthecasewasbroughttotheMunichcourtbyJapaneseintellectualpropertymanagementcompanyIPBridge.Thecommunicationschipsareessentialfor"connectedcars,"andFordisthe latestcarcompanytobeputunderpressurebythepatentownersofmobilecommunicationstechnology. Volkswagenwas alsosuedbyIPBridgeinthesamepatentcourtinMunich.TheGermancarmakerquicklysettledthematterbypurchasingapatentlicensefromaplatformcalled Avancithatbundledpatentsfrom48owners,thereportsaid.DaimleralsofacedasimilarpatentdisputeovermobiletechinitscarsbroughtonbyNokiaandSharp.ChipcrisisdrivescarsuppliersoutofbusinessGermany'sstrictpatentlawsGermany'spatentlawsareconsideredverystrict,whichiswhymanyinternationalcompaniestakepatentdisputesbeforeGermancourts.Forexample,thejudge'srulinginFord'scaseprovidedfortherecallofallcarsfromdealersandtheirdestructionifasettlementisnotreached, Wirtschaftswochereported. Therehavebeenattemptsatlegalreformsothatpatentclaimsonsmallpartsofvehiclescannotbeusedtothreatenlargedisruptionsinsalesandproduction.However,accordingtothereport,thesereformshaveyettohaveaneffect.Fordsaiditwouldnot commentontherulingasithasyettoreceivetheargumentsinwriting,Reutersnewsagencyreported. wmr/sms(Reuters,DPA) Date 20.05.2022 RelatedSubjects Germany Keywords Ford, Germany, patentrights, microchips Sendusyourfeedback. Print Printthispage Permalink https://p.dw.com/p/4Belw Advertisement DWNewsonFacebook 11.07.2017 Follow@dwnewsonTwitter 11.07.2017 ©2022DeutscheWelle| PrivacyPolicy| AccessibilityStatement| Legalnotice| Contact |Mobileversion