In-house: Xiaomi stalling
for time with ETSI suit
Counsel from automotive and telecoms companies told Managing
IP this week that they believed Xiaomi was stalling for time with its bid at
the Paris Court of First Instance to force standards-setting organisation ETSI to
throw out Philips’ 3G and 4G patents.
They said that the case was a long-shot, at best, and that
it was in all likelihood doomed.
“The case is very interesting, but there is no hope here for
Xiaomi to get Philips excluded from ETSI,” says the head of IP and standards
for an international telecoms company. “It’s a very long-winded process and