By Allen Tsai | Sun Jan 17, 2010 1:30 am |
Apple has filed a new patent-infringement complaint against Nokia, seeking to block U.S. imports of the Finnish company's handsets, escalating the legal battle between the two over smartphone technology.
"Nokia will study the complaint when it is received and continue to defend itself vigorously," said a Nokia spokesman. "However, this does not alter the fact that Apple has failed to agree appropriate terms for using Nokia technology and has been seeking a free ride on Nokia's innovation since it shipped the first iPhone in 2007."The new move comes after Nokia claimed that Apple used its patented technologies without paying for them last October. In its complaint filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission, Nokia alleged that Apple infringed on patents covering wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption and affects all Apple iPhone models. In December, Apple fired back and filed a countersuit claiming that Nokia infringed on 13 of its patents. The legal dispute, potentially involving hundreds of millions of dollars in annual royalties, comes as Nokia tries to win back market share from rivals Apple and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion -- reflecting the shifting balance of power from handsets to smartphones that can run applications and surf the Web. Apple, which launched the original iPhone in mid-2007, still trails Nokia in handset shipments, but has gained significant ground on the market leader with the launch of its latest iPhone 3GS model.
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Apple will hold a launch event for the iPad 3 in the first week of March, as the company updates its tablet to stay ahead of rivals.
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Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:54 pm | By
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was unfit for George H.W. Bush's council in 1991, according to an FBI investigation, highlighting his drug use and decision to not support his daughter.
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Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:56 pm | By
Google aims to take a percentage of every iPhone sold after completing its Motorola acquisition, raising questions over whether current patent fair use standards support fair business practices.
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Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:41 pm | By
Apple may shift litigation strategies, attacking the process of "copying" rather than products, after losing a critical patent battle to Samsung in Germany, raising questions of the iPad maker's costly and aggressive tactics.
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Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:09 pm | By
Apple is facing increasing animosity over working conditions at its Chinese factories, as protestors gather to demonstrate against the iPhone maker's controversial labor issues.
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