In November 2016, Dolby Laboratories sued two Chinese smartphone makers Vivo and OPPO in Delhi's High Court of Justice, accusing the two companies of selling unpaid smartphones in the Indian market.
According to the Delhi High Court ruling in India, Vivo and OPPO provided Dolby Laboratories with details of their use of infringing technology equipment, including manufacturing, sales, and import data, each month. In addition, Vivo and OPPO were required to pay Rs. 34 per cell phone. The price of approximately RMB 3.43 is to deposit the authorization fee into the escrow account.
It is reported that the main defendants in the OPPO and vivo cases were Indian local companies GDN Enterprises and DAS Telecom. It is worth mentioning that on January 18, 2018, Dolby Laboratories’ lawsuit against OPPO (the main defendant was GDN Enterprises) was revoked. .
The lawyer for Dolby Laboratories told the court that Dolby had signed a 'strategic cooperation agreement' with the two defendants on December 30, 2017. In addition, the lawyer did not disclose further details, but it sounded Bilateral may have potentially reached a global license. OPPO will spare no effort to support its freedom of operation in India because India is its most critical market, and possibly elsewhere. At the same time, OPPO will continue to enhance through third-party acquisitions. Patent reserve.
However, according to court documents, the case against vivo (mainly defendant is DAS Telecom) seems to continue. Although OPPO and vivo belong to a parent company, Bubugao Electronics, they belong to different IP teams. Therefore, it seems that the case is reached with the former. The transaction does not guarantee that the latter can also be reconciled.