HTC to reportedly pull all phones from UK sale after infringing patent

In what could be the resounding nail in the battered HTC coffin, HTC has indicated it will pull its Desire 12 smartphone and all other handsets from the UK market after infringing on the patent of IP management and patent licensing company IPCom.

IPCom’s patent 100A governs how handsets connect to the mobile network,

"We were disappointed to learn that, after failing to take out a FRAND [fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory] licence for the patent and stalling negotiations for over a decade, HTC displayed further disregard for the law by contravening a UK Court ruling,"