OnePlus temporarily banned from marketing, selling and shipping its device in India
You read that right! OnePlus, the popular Chinese smartphone manufacturer has been temporarily banned from marketing, selling and shipping its mobile device in India. The order comes from Delhi HC after Micromax had complained against OnePlus for having infringed its exclusivity under the agreement with Cyanogen. Starting from today, OnePlus is also banned from import new stocks with Cyanogen branding to India. However, the company has been allowed to sell its current stock. Cyanogen had recently inked a deal with the Indian manufacturer Micromax and according to the agreement, the exclusivity of offering CyanogenMod OS running devices would remain to Micromax. There was some confusion with OnePlus announcing their smartphone at the same time and the future of OnePlus One receiving CyanogenMod OS updates was uncertain. Both the companies came out in the public and made some statements. By the looks of the appalling communication from Cyanogen, we thought that they were the company to blame for the mess. As it turns out, Cyanogen seems to have requested OnePlus to stop using Cyanogen branding in India even before the device was officially launched. According to the court order, which we have acquired, OnePlus at a point seems to have agreed to give up ...
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