In an interim reprieve for Chinese mobile phone maker Xiaomi Technology, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed it to sell and import till February 5 handsets which have chipsets of Qualcomm Incorporated.
The interim ban on import and sale of Xiaomi devices which run on other processors or chipsets shall continue, the court clarified. Redmi Note, one of the latest entrants of Xiaomi in India, runs on a Mediatek processor.
A bench headed by Justice Pradeep Nandrajog permitted Xiaomi to sell its Qualcomm chipset-based devices as a "pro tem" (temporary) measure till the issue is heard by the single judge on the next date of hearing, February 5, 2015 and disposed of the Chinese company's appeal against the December 8 order of the High Court.
On December 8, the High Court had restrained Xiaomi and online e-commerce site Flipkart from selling in India handsets of the mobile maker that run on the technology patented by Swedish company Telefonaktiebolaget lM Ericsson.
The court on Tuesday passed the "pro tem" interim order after Xiaomi alleged that Ericsson had suppressed facts while obtaining the stay order.