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  1. 2021

    KPN files patent lawsuits against six companies

    Lawsuit filed

    In January 2021, KPN filed six lawsuits alleging patent infringement against Xiaomi, Coolpad, BLU Products, Bullitt Group, Acer and u-blox. According to the source report, the suits claimed that these companies infringed at least two KPN patents. The event was reported as a set of legal actions initiated by KPN against the six named companies, with Coolpad among the defendants. No further details on the specific patents, the jurisdictions of the lawsuits, or their outcomes were provided in the source summary.

    KPN started six lawsuits against Xiaomi, Coolpad, BLU Products, Bullitt Group, Acer and u-blox, alleging that they infringed at least two KPN patents.

    Source excerpt

    • KPN start zes rechtszaken voor het onrechtmatig gebruik van KPN-technologie voor smartphones en andere draadloze apparaten. De provider start de rechtszaken tegen Xiaomi, Coolpad, BLU Products, Bullitt Group, Acer en u-blox. Zij zouden volgens KPN zeker twee KPN-patenten schenden.
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  2. 2014

    CoolReaper handset backdoor allegations

    Palo Alto Networks announced that it had found a backdoor on many Coolpad handsets and named the software CoolReaper. The disclosure raised cybersecurity and user-privacy concerns surrounding affected devices.

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