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| The HTC One is the Taiwanese smartphone maker's flagship device |
Richard Arnold has published a ruling saying that a new model would be launched in the UK in either February or March 2014.
That would be just under a year since the HTC One's April release.
Phone manufacturers typically keep such details secret so far in advance of a launch so as not to discourage consumers from buying existing models.
A spokeswoman for the Taiwanese firm said she had no knowledge of any such plan.
However, the judge noted that Nokia had brought evidence of a first-quarter launch for the so-called HTC One Two to his attention during a patent dispute, and that HTC's lawyer had chosen not to contradict this, leading him to conclude the information was accurate.
The timing was important to the case as it helped influence the judge's decision that the One should not be banned from sale at this time.
No importsNokia has been seeking an injunction preventing the sale of several HTC phones following a ruling in October that the Asian firm had infringed one of its patents.
The case centred on an invention filed in 1998 for the design of a modulator - equipment used by phones to transmit data.
HTC had argued that it was not at fault as the tech had been included in a chip made by another firm - Qualcomm. But the judge ruled that it should have still paid Nokia licence fees.
In the latest ruling the judge agreed that several HTC phones should in theory be removed from UK shop shelves on Friday.
Source : BBC News
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