Nokia expands legal battle with Apple, files new lawsuits in Europe
The latest filings are just another addition to the numerous legal battles both Apple and Nokia have filed against each other. Each has accused the other of violating patents related to mobile phones and multi-touch devices.
"The Nokia inventions protected by these patents include... a wiping gesture on a touch screen to navigate content, or enabling access to constantly changing services with an on-device app store, both filed more than ten years before the launch of the iPhone," said Paul Melin, vice president of intellectual property with Nokia.
In November it was revealed that Apple is bolstering its legal team in response to a plethora of lawsuits it is involved in with other companies, including Nokia, HTC and Motorola.
In its fight with Nokia, Apple has argued that the Finnish handset maker has infringed on 13 patents related to a variety of technologies, including graphical user interface and booting of a handset. In return, Nokia has accused Apple of 10 patent violations.
Apple also expanded its complaints against Nokia to the United Kingdom in September. The first shot in the legal battle between the two companies fired by Nokia last October, when it accused Apple's iPhone of violating patents related to GSM and wireless LAN technology.
Apple then responded to Nokia with its own lawsuit, accusing the Finnish company of infringing on iPhone-related patents.
The battle of the two smartphone giants is expected to drag out for years, with both companies looking for a court hearing to be held in 2012. The U.S. International Trade Commission — the group with which the complaints were filed — has agreed to look into both Nokia's and Apple's complaints against the other.
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OMG! When will they ever stop. The two CEO,s should go to a Pub and have a healthy pint of ale and have it done with!
Okay I'm taking bets on when Apple will counter and add more to the 13 they filed against Nokia?
I say 30 days..
$100..
Anyone?
I have no idea who is in the legal right, I always assume corporations will try to get away with as much as they possibly can, but this is looking for bad for Nokia. Not that they might now win, but because they are looking more and more like Apple of the 90s “litigating when they should be innovating”. I think Nokia still has a chance to come back, but they need to reorganize, drop their hubris and do something that benefits their longterm goals.
OMG! When will they ever stop. The two CEO,s should go to a Pub and have a healthy pint of ale and have it done with!
Or head out to Tombstone, AZ with 45s at noon.
I have no idea who is in the legal right, I always assume corporations will try to get away with as much as they possibly can, but this is looking for bad for Nokia. Not that they might now win, but because they are looking more and more like Apple of the 90s ?litigating when they should be innovating?. I think Nokia still has a chance to come back, but they need to reorganize, drop their hubris and do something that benefits their longterm goals.
I think this battle is pointing out the massive flaws with current patent systems. Hopefully a demand for reform will come out of this.
One note, Apple's battles of the 90s resulted in a deal from Microsoft that saved them as a company so Nokia might be banking on a similar result, hoping to win enough to keep afloat & then they can revamp like Apple did. Problem is I'm not sure where they will find a CEO like Jobs who will pull them out of the ditch.