Apple Battles Out In Patent War Against Nokia
JulianneTwo of the biggest tech companies in the industry are at it again with Apple filing a case against Finland-based phone company Nokia for licensing terms on technologies. Apple claims that Nokia is taking advantage of a legal system that is ripe for abuse by carving up its patent holdings and passing it on special firms.
As Tech Times reported, Apple filed a lawsuit against nine percent assertion entities or known as "patent trolls" in the tech industry. The Cupertino-tech giant also claims that Nokia is looking for ways to take as much money as possible from the company through abusive licensing terms for essential patents that should have FRAND terms.
The report further explains that Apple has a hitch that a group of PAEs is assisting Nokia in a plan to extract and take huge amount of revenues from Apple and other mobile inventors as well. The Cupertino-based company also accuses Nokia for being a patent troll since the Finland-based company sold its mobile division to Microsoft more than two years ago.
According to Financial Times, the Apple-Nokia patent battle is nothing more than a dispute involving deep-pocketed companies that are more than capable of taking care of themselves. However, the dispute has thrown an important question for the tech industry at large today on the issues regarding patent assertion entities.
The patent issue has been a long problem involving inventors with their inventions and the people who want to earn money from the said invention. Through the years, other patent entities have been abusing the legal system and demand more royalties from the inventors themselves.
For now, Nokia responded with filing five lawsuits against Apple for patent infringements. Among the other 32 patents involved in the lawsuits are those related to software, displays, chipsets, antennas, and video coding.
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