Nokia Alleges That Most Apple Products Infrige on its Patents

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Posted December 29, 2009 at 7:28pm by iClarified

Nokia announced it has today filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that Apple infringes Nokia patents in virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, and computers.

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.

"Nokia has been the leading developer of many key technologies in small electronic devices" said Paul Melin, General Manager, Patent Licensing at Nokia. "This action is about protecting the results of such pioneering development. While our litigation in Delaware is about Apple's attempt to free-ride on the back of Nokia investment in wireless standards, the ITC case filed today is about Apple's practice of building its business on Nokia's proprietary innovation."

At the end of October Nokia sued Apple alleging that Apple's iPhone infringes Nokia patents for GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN (WLAN) standards. Apple responded by counter suing Nokia.

Nokia Alleges That Most Apple Products Infrige on its Patents

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fenrry - December 30, 2009 at 2:41am

yup....like Apple is older than Nokia......but what if Nokia just decided to ask for what's rightfully theirs?....

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samK - December 30, 2009 at 4:47am

yes it is right for nokia to claim what's rightfully theirs and there's nothing wrong with that. but look what apple is doing. apple is countersuing nokia. this ain't just patent infringement. this is more like a fight and nokia started it. OR... you can say apple started it for using nokia's technology which forced nokia to use apple's technology but nokia is suing anyway because apple made more money. which means, nokia is mad and i'm losing respect for them. good job nokia. thank god the iphone replaced your n-series reign.

Yingie - December 29, 2009 at 8:03pm

Right: Apple has used Nokia technologies in its iPhones, iPods and computers. Yeah right: Apple should be punished for using Nokia technologies in its Macintosh Classics... pfff, Nokia is indeed in deire need.