Nokia has announced that it has filed a complaint to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) claiming that “virtually all” Apple products are infringing on Nokia-held patents. The seven Nokia patents in this complaint relate to Nokia’s pioneering innovations that are now being used by Apple to create key features in its products in the […]
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Nokia Expanding Patent Lawsuit to Include "Virtually All" Apple Products

nokia_logo2.jpgNokia has announced that it has filed a complaint to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) claiming that “virtually all” Apple products are infringing on Nokia-held patents.

The seven Nokia patents in this complaint relate to Nokia’s pioneering innovations that are now being used by Apple to create key features in its products in the area of user interface, as well as camera, antenna and power management technologies. These patented technologies are important to Nokia’s success as they allow better user experience, lower manufacturing costs, smaller size and longer battery life for Nokia products.

As you may remember, Nokia sued Apple in late October, claiming Apple infringed on Nokia’s cellular and Wi-Fi patents by the iPhone. Apple returned fire with their own suit that claimed that Apple was in fact not infringing on Nokia’s patents, and if they were, Nokia wasn’t offering fair licensing terms, and was requesting access to proprietary Apple technologies that would have no impact on industry standards.

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