Technology major Nokia has filed a number of patent related complaints against Apple in Germany and the U.S.
Nokia says Apple products infringe a number of Nokia patents.
In 2011, Apple and Nokia signed a patent agreement. Apple currently uses Nokia’s inventions in its products without a patent agreement.
“Apple declined subsequent offers made by Nokia to license other of its patented inventions which are used by many of Apple’s products,” said Nokia.
Nokia said it owns three valuable portfolios of intellectual property. Built on more than EUR 115 billion invested in R&D over the past twenty years, Nokia said its patents cover many technologies used in smartphones, tablets, personal computers and similar devices.
Ilkka Rahnasto, head of Patent Business at Nokia, said: “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.”
Nokia has filed 32 patents related cases in the Regional Courts in Dusseldorf, Mannheim and Munich in Germany and the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
These patent cases are related to technologies such as display, user interface, software, antenna, chipsets and video coding. Nokia said it will be filing further actions against Apple in other jurisdictions.
Apple is fighting similar cases against Samsung.
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