German patent firm asks retailers to halt HTC sales

German patent firm asks retailers to halt HTC sales
(Reuters) – Patent firm IPCom said on Tuesday it had asked top German cellphone retailers to stop selling phones of HTC, threatening them with legal action, as HTC has not complied with a court ruling on injunction of its sales. IPCcom also turned to the Mannheim court, asking it to start fining HTC for not following the ruling from 2009. Possible fines from the German court could cost millions …