Nokia Sues Apple, Claiming iPhone Infringes 10 Patents
10:14 am, October 22nd, 2009, Ed Sutherland
Finnish cell phone giant Nokia has sued Apple, claiming the iPhone violates ten patents covering GSM, 3G WCDMA and WLAN technology. Nokia claims since 2007 the iPhone violated wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption. The lawsuit apparently stems from Apple’s refusal to license the technology from Nokia.
“By refusing to agree to appropriate terms for Nokia’s intellectual property, Apple is attempting to get a free ride on the back of Nokia’s innovation,” the company wrote in legal papers filed in Delaware’s Federal District Court. Forty companies, including “all the leading mobile device vendors” have agreed to Nokia’s licensing terms, according to the complaint.
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I know nothing about law, but shouldn’t all this stuff be AT&T’s concern, not apples?
Charlie, on October 22nd, 2009 at 10:32 am
Nokia is just jealous because Apple sells more phones than they do!
iGenius, on October 22nd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
iGenius:
According to Gartner, in the second quarter of this year, Apple sold 5,434,000 iPhones, Nokia sold 105,413,000 mobile phones (including 18,441,000 smartphones).
Jono, on October 22nd, 2009 at 12:59 pm
@Jono
Nokia might have sold more phones, but lets face it, in terms of margins, technology, devoted fans, Apple wins full stop.
As Techcrunch quite fittingly put it…
“Nokia Takes Apple to Court, If You Cant Beat Em, Sue Em.”
Andrew Macdonald, on October 22nd, 2009 at 3:17 pm
If Nokia wins the case what would happen? Could the courts order Apple to recall iPhones? Or would they just order Apple to pay Nokia whatever Nokia asks for?
TheRealJC, on October 22nd, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Isn’t it interesting that Microsoft and Nokia formed a Global Alliance to Design, Develop and Market Mobile Productivity Solutions in August…. and now this.
I think Microsoft is behind this.
What a prick company…well it always has been.
Paul, on October 22nd, 2009 at 5:37 pm
“Nokia Takes Apple to Court, If You Cant Beat Em, Sue Em.”
Sure, that’s probably why Apple sued Psystar…
Anyway.
Xavier, on October 22nd, 2009 at 6:02 pm
I am an Apple user (MacBook, MBP, iMac, iPhone) but you folks need to stop sipping the kool-aid. If the Headline were Nokia sues MS, everyone would be, that’s right, evil MS needs to be sued, etc.
As Jono pointed out, the iPhone is chump change to Nokia, even in the face of rabid Apple fans.
Apple is now experiencing what MS has experienced. Apple is now large enough, and has enough to be a force in the market and they will get sued. Apple is no longer being given a slack pass for some of its activities simply because they were David to MS’s Goliath.
george, on October 22nd, 2009 at 7:18 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.
Cell phone reviews, on October 23rd, 2009 at 2:01 am
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.
getting pregnant tips, on October 23rd, 2009 at 10:11 am
FYI, Nokia and Apple have been in negotiations over the past two years and those talks have recently broken down. That is why they are now being sued now.
Now I know why this site is called the cult of mac. I thought mac users were free thinkers. Clearly I was mistaken.
Nokia has legitimate grievances, Mac is the one breaking laws here.
Chris R, on October 23rd, 2009 at 12:58 pm