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Nokia alleges that Apple iPhone violates 10 different patents

Oct 25, 2009 23:47

Looks like the two biggest mobile giants are going to battle it out in the open. Now, that's very interesting since Nokia has now filed a patent lawsuit against Apple. The number of claims that the Finn has pitted against the Cupertino company for violations is more than 10 different patents that the former owns! Most of the patent violations seem to revolve around the Wi-Fi standards, UMTS and GSM stuff.

That's very interesting since most of the geeks out there know how protective Apple is over its own intellectual property. In fact, it's bullied quick a number of companies and folks over such violations!

The lawsuit has been filed by Nokia in the Federal District Court of Delaware. Nokia wants to, in its own words, expose Apple for "attempting to get a free ride on the back of Nokia's innovation". That's very interesting, too.

Nokia has also alleged that the infringements have existed in each and every iPhone model since the first version hit the markets way back in mid-2007. But that also brings about doubts in our minds as to why Nokia did not raise any objection till now against Apple, though it was such a huge competitor. It seems Nokia has invested more than US$60 billion into R&D (including the exclusive R&D hub based here in Bangalore, India) for the allegedly infringement and other patented technologies. So it's payback time.

The legitimacy and truth of these infringement accusations from Nokia mobile phones are widely questionable. Let's wait for the trials to begin when the dirty linen will be out in the open!

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Jason S is an ardent Web surfer and a technologist. He works in Bangalore with a leading software company. His passion includes blogging about the various technologies and interesting stuff that he comes across everyday, and also trying out new technologies, gadgets and software. He has a personal tech blog named The Most Authoritative Technology Blog. He loves networking with friends & the tech community at large and can be found at LinkedIn.