Motorola started again in 2024

Motorola fans can breathe a sigh of relief: After months of sales ban, the manufacturer’s smartphones are officially available again in Germany. A patent dispute had previously led to the sales stop. Lenovo laptops with cellular modules will also soon be available again.

Motorola cell phones available again in Germany

In May 2024, the Munich Regional Court imposed a ban on the sale of Motorola smartphones and Lenovo devices with mobile communications modules. Background was a Legal dispute with InterDigital over patents for 4G and 5G technologies. Lenovo was accused of using these without a license. InterDigital obtained the judgment with a deposit of 4 million euros.

For months, customers could only buy the affected devices from dealers who had remaining stock. Now the about-face: Lenovo announces that it has reached an agreement with InterDigital. All Legal disputes are “discontinued or terminated” become. The conditions for licensing the InterDigital patents are now to be determined in arbitration proceedings (source: golem.de).

On the German Motorola website Smartphones have recently become available again. These include, among other things, the flip cell phones from the Razr series (view at Motorola). The manufacturer also announces this on social media End of his break on the German market – and has big plans: “2024 isn’t over yet – spoiler alert: it’s still going to be exciting!” says Motorola on Facebook. “The memory cards are full of content, the product launches are queuing up.”

Lenovo laptops coming back soon?

Motorola parent company Lenovo was also affected by the sales ban if the products from the 4G and 5G patent disputes were affected. Lenovo ThinkPads with cellular module It should therefore soon be regularly available again after the agreement.

The Motorola Edge 50 Pro in the video:

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