Nokia expands patent litigation against Apple in Asia, Europe and the US
December 22 2016 - 11:38AM
Nokia CorporationStock Exchange ReleaseDecember 22, 2016 at
18:32 (CET +1)
Nokia expands patent litigation against Apple in Asia,
Europe and the US
Espoo, Finland - Nokia has filed further complaints alleging
that Apple products infringe a number of Nokia patents, expanding
its litigation originally announced on December 21.
Across actions in 11 countries, there are now 40 patents in
suit, which cover technologies such as display, user interface,
software, antenna, chipsets and video coding. Cases have now been
filed in:
- Regional Court, Dusseldorf, Germany - 8 patents *
- Regional Court, Mannheim, Germany - 4 patents *
- Regional Court, Munich, Germany - 2 patents *
- Market Court, Helsinki, Finland - 3 patents
- High Court, London, UK - 3 patents
- Court of Turin, Italy - 4 patents
- Patent and Market Court, Stockholm, Sweden - 3 patents
- Commercial Courts, Barcelona, Spain - 1 patent
- District Court, The Hague, Netherlands - 3 patents
- High Court, Paris, France - 1 patent
- High Court, Hong Kong - 1 patent
- Tokyo District Court, Japan - 2 patents
- US District Court, Eastern District of Texas - 18 patents
*
- International Trade Commission, US - 8 patents
(* actions filed and announced on December 21).
As one of the world's leading innovators, and following the
acquisition of full ownership of NSN in 2013 and Alcatel-Lucent in
2016, Nokia now owns three valuable portfolios of intellectual
property. Built on more than EUR 115 billion invested in R&D
over the past twenty years, our tens of thousands of patents cover
many important technologies used in smartphones, tablets, personal
computers and similar devices.
Since agreeing a license covering some patents from the Nokia
Technologies portfolio in 2011, Apple has declined subsequent
offers made by Nokia to license other of its patented inventions
which are used by many of Apple's products.
Ilkka Rahnasto, head of Patent Business at Nokia,
said: "Through our sustained investment in research and
development, Nokia has created or contributed to many of the
fundamental technologies used in today's mobile devices, including
Apple products. After several years of negotiations trying to reach
agreement to cover Apple's use of these patents, we are now taking
action to defend our rights."
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