With regards to suing other people for patent infringement, Apple is usually on the throwing end rather than the receiving end, but today, the tables have turned and Apple is the one being sued this time around by no less than the top dog in the mobile phone biz, Nokia. Citing that Apple Infringed on at least 10 patents for “for GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN (WLAN) standards,” Nokia didn’t go into specifics, but did, however, divulged that the patents covered wireless data, security and encryption, and speech coding. They also went on the record to say that it’s been going on since the very first iPhone so we can’t help but wonder why it took Nokia that long to file a complaint. Nonetheless, it’s here and karma has finally caught up with Apple. As far as I can remember, it’s been Apple who has been suing people left and right for patent infringement especially when it comes to the iPhone, but if true, it’s only just fitting that Apple take some of the heat as well.
[nokia press release via unwiredview]
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October 23rd, 2009 at 7:15 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.
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:49 am
I thought apple users are supposed to be free thinkers?.. at least that is what they advertise. This only looks desperate to those who are biased and don’t know the facts.
Why would a company spend €40billion in research only to have someone come along and steal their ideas? Copyrights need to be protected to insure future innovation.