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In a somewhat sudden flip of occasions, Oppo is allegedly exiting a number of key European markets together with the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and France. The information broke out on Chinese language portal 36 Krypton which shared the small print on Oppo’s imminent departure from the UK and Germany, adopted by tweets from business insiders SnoopyTech and Max Jambor who additionally claimed that OnePlus would additionally be a part of its guardian firm out of the aforementioned markets. OnePlus has since issued an official assertion the place it denies reviews of it exiting the European markets. Oppo has not made any official feedback but.
The reasoning behind Oppo’s alleged departure from key European markets most definitely dates again to a sequence of patent infringement circumstances with Nokia after key patent agreements between the 2 corporations expired in 2021. Nokia filed a number of lawsuits in opposition to Oppo again in July, 2021 and gained circumstances in two German courts which led to a ban on Oppo and OnePlus cellphone gross sales in Germany.
Following its authorized success in Germany, Nokia sued Oppo for patent infringement in Finland, Germany, Sweden, the UK, and the Netherlands and has additionally filed lawsuits throughout different European and Asian international locations. It stays to be seen what the long run holds for Oppo and fellow BBK-group corporations in Europe.
