The smartphone battle has moved from a cold war to an all out scorchfest: Nokia has just begun legal proceedings against Apple, claiming the Cupertino company has infringed on its patents with the iPhone. Yup, Espoo is taking Apple to court, so read on to find out why.
Nokia announced yesterday that it has filed a complaint against Apple in a Delaware court in the US, claiming the iPhone infringes on ten patents Nokia holds for phone connectivity, relating to GSM and 3G networks, Wi-Fi and more.
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Nokia’s brief statement on the matter is quite vague, so it’s unclear whether Apple hasn’t paid Nokia enough, or stumped up at all, but either way, Nokia isn’t best pleased about it, with Ilkka Rahnasto, vice president of legal and intellectual property, going on record to say “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.”
Ouch. Expect much legal wrangling between the two phone makers over the coming months, if no immediate impact on the cost of an iPhone.
European phone manufacturers are suffering a huge loss in profits for the first time ever because of American companies like Apple cornering the market with products like the iPhone!
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.
Yeah I wouldn’t expect this to get resolved any year soon.