A few weeks after part of its applications were blocked by the Indian government , Xiaomi is once again immersed in a new controversy after being sued in German courts for allegedly violating a patent registered in that country .

And it is that apparently, HEVC Advance Licensors has decided to take Xiaomi to the courts of Dusseldorf, accusing the brand of having carried out an infringement of the HEVC / H.265 digital video codec patent .

According to HEVC Advance Licensors, this complaint is directed not only at Xiaomi, but also at other manufacturers such as Vestel . In the case of Xiaomi, the accusation is mainly directed at its smartphones, which appear to infringe the terms of use of the HEVC / H.265 patent.

HEVC video codec.

At the moment Xiaomi has not commented on the matter, although according to HEVC Advance, Xiaomi and Vestel are not the only defendants , in this complaint there are other high-level brands that have not been named for the moment.

Via | Gizchina