Yes you heard it right, OnePlus One is banned in India! This is following the plea by Micromax, which now has exclusive rights for using CyanogenMod’s software in India. This is followed by the controversy revolving over OnePlus and CyanogenMod, which resulted in CyanogenMod dropping support for OnePlus One in India. Now, Delhi high court has given a temporary injunction against OnePlus One, as it violates the exclusive rights of Micromax to use the CM software in India.
This injunction comes after Micromax, which is about to release it’s Yu line of devices this 18th, pleaded to Delhi HC, stating OnePlus infringed on the “ambient services and application distributions agreement”, which it signed with CyanogenMod. It has to be particularly noted that, OnePlus has software support from CyanogenMod for the International version of OnePlus One only, not the Chinese version nor Indian version. (OnePlus uses Oppo’s ColorOS in Chinese version).
The injunction restrains the manufacturer from marketing, selling and shipping the devices in India. But, the high court has allowed the company to sell the remaining imported stock. So, we can expect a sale of OnePlus One without an invite in India very very soon!
This news comes after the similar controversy last week about the Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi being banned similarly with an injunction, that somehow have solved a bit now. This case is also a similar one involving the Delhi HC’s decision against the Chinese company. For now, OnePlus and Amazon has to sell it’s remaining stock as soon as possible, and make their own ROM functional, or they might use the Oppo’s Color OS on Indian model too for the time being. And this make a big impact to OPO’s brand value and coolness, as Cyanogen played a very important role in making the device ultra popular!
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