Nokia sues Apple for flouting patents
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Wow, this is going to be big. Nokia has filed a lawsuit against Apple in Delaware District Court because Apple’s iPhone infringes a number of Nokia patents. Nokia claims that almost 40 handset manufacturers have entered into an agreement with them but Apple is “attempting to get a free ride on Nokia’s innovation.”
“The basic principle in the mobile industry is that those companies who contribute in technology development to establish standards create intellectual property, which others then need to compensate for,” said Ilkka Rahnasto, Vice President, Legal & Intellectual Property at Nokia.
All iPhones since 2007 have infringed on their Nokia owned patents covering wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption.
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Oct 23rd, 2009 at 12:32 pm
The iPhone has been out for years with this tech, and Nokia is just now saying something? That’s ridiculous, and petty, and quite frankly looks desperate.
Oct 23rd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
The damn phone has been out for over 2 years. They are obviously not aggressively enforcing the rights violations they are alleging after so much time. Legally they might be within the time frame, but we all know that companies wait years so that settlements will be higher than ever.
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