Justice Amit Bansal said Lava will pay Rs 244.07 crore towards damages, along with interest @ 5% per annum from the date of the judgment till the realization of the said amount. However, it allowed the Lava’s counter claim to the limited extent of revocation of the suit patent ‘Linear Predictive Analysis by Synthesis Encoding Method and Encoder.’
She claimed that Ericsson has been India s top telecom patents filer. “Not only with Indian inventions for the last ten years or more, we ve been in the top five. Because we always felt Indian patents are important to have.”
While global manufacturing companies such as Foxconn, Wistron and Samsung have helped the PLI scheme for mobile phones a grand success, a top executive at homegrown smartphone brand Lava said the manufacturing industry needs more time to establish local champions.
Indian smartphone manufacturers, including Lava and Bhagwati, are struggling to meet their production targets under the PLI scheme for the third consecutive year. Dixon Technologies, however, is an exception, as it has secured big orders. While global manufacturers like Foxconn and Samsung have been successful under the scheme, the domestic industry needs more time to establish local champions, according to Lava s co-founder.
Xiaomi: “Chinese brands have been able to introduce significantly better smartphones at aggressive price points, providing customers better value for their money. Their unparalleled access to the Chinese manufacturing ecosystem, vertical integration and global scale have helped them outcompete small brands,” the analysts at the research firm noted in a blog.