Nokia Sues Apple for iPhone Patent Infringement

5:43 pm on October 22, 2009 | Category: Business, Cell Phones, Law, Mobile Devices

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The world’s leading cell phone manufacturer, Nokia, is suing Apple, claiming that the American hardware giant’s popular iPhone device infringes on 10 of its patented technologies.

Nokia filed the suit earlier today in United States District Court in Delaware, and alleges illegal use of patents related to wireless data, speech coding, security, and data encryption.

Nokia was an original contributor to the GSM wireless standard, which is now the world’s leading cellular technology. The Finnish company claims that it has invested more than €40 billion to develop its patented cellular technologies over the past 20 years.

“By refusing to agree appropriate terms for Nokia’s intellectual property, Apple is attempting to get a free ride on the back of Nokia’s innovation,” said Nokia’s vice president of legal and intellectual property, Ilkka Rahnasto.

Apple’s iPhone device has taken the global smartphone market by storm over the past two years, selling upwards of 20 million units worldwide. Nokia, meanwhile, has seen a decline in sales and market share amid the global recession

“Where there is a hit, there is usually a writ,” commented London-based Strategy Analytics analyst, Neil Mawston. “I think the intellectual property rights wars are ramping up in the handset industry now. This fits in fairly nicely with that trend.”

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    1. 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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