Xiaomi Mi 5 to be delayed due to a patent suit?
Just another day in the office for Xiaomi.
Xiaomi is no stranger to allegations from major corporations about stealing and borrowing ideas. A company named Blue Spike has now done the same against the Chinese manufacturer and is claiming that the company is infringing on a patent (US patent 8,930,719 B2) which is tagged "Data Protection Method and Device" with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Blue Spike claims that this patent is going to be used in the upcoming Xiaomi Mi 5 as well as the Mi 5 Plus smartphones, which is strange as the devices are yet to be announced. Only yesterday did we come across an early image of the Mi 5 handset thanks to Chinese social media.
The company also mentions that devices like the Mi 4, Mi 4c, Mi 4i, Mi Note Pro, Redmi 1S, Redmi 2, Redmi 2 Prime, Redmi 2A and the Redmi Note 2 are also infringing on the patents. As a result, the company has filed a case with the US District Court in the Eastern District of Texas to bring justice for the alleged patent infringement.
This won't concern Xiaomi much given that its devices are not sold in the US (perhaps for this very reason), and Blue Spike will have no jurisdiction in China, so we don't see this impacting Xiaomi in any way at the moment.
So keeping that in mind, we don't think the release of the Mi 5 or the Mi 5 Plus should be delayed (at least in the Asian markets). So fans have nothing to be worried about as far as the upcoming Xiaomi flagship is concerned, or so we think.
Blue Spike claims that this patent is going to be used in the upcoming Xiaomi Mi 5 as well as the Mi 5 Plus smartphones, which is strange as the devices are yet to be announced. Only yesterday did we come across an early image of the Mi 5 handset thanks to Chinese social media.
The company also mentions that devices like the Mi 4, Mi 4c, Mi 4i, Mi Note Pro, Redmi 1S, Redmi 2, Redmi 2 Prime, Redmi 2A and the Redmi Note 2 are also infringing on the patents. As a result, the company has filed a case with the US District Court in the Eastern District of Texas to bring justice for the alleged patent infringement.
This won't concern Xiaomi much given that its devices are not sold in the US (perhaps for this very reason), and Blue Spike will have no jurisdiction in China, so we don't see this impacting Xiaomi in any way at the moment.
So keeping that in mind, we don't think the release of the Mi 5 or the Mi 5 Plus should be delayed (at least in the Asian markets). So fans have nothing to be worried about as far as the upcoming Xiaomi flagship is concerned, or so we think.