Nokia files fresh patent complaints against Apple

News Wireless Global 16 DEC 2010
Nokia files fresh patent complaints against Apple
Nokia has filed claims in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands alleging that Apple infringes Nokia patents in many of its products sold in these countries, including the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. These actions add 13 further Nokia patents to the 24 already asserted against Apple in the US International Trade Commission and the Delaware and Wisconsin Federal courts in the US, the Finnish company said. The Nokia inventions protected by these patents include several which "enable compelling user experiences", Nokia said, including using a wiping gesture on a touch screen to navigate content, or enabling access to constantly changing services with an on-device app store, both filed more than ten years before the launch of the iPhone. Nokia's filing in the UK High Court covers four Nokia patents related to touch user interface, on-device app stores, signal noise suppression and modulator structures. Nokia's filing in Dusseldorf, Germany covers seven Nokia patents related to touch user interface, antenna structures, messaging functionality and chipsets. Nokia's filing in Mannheim, Germany covers five Nokia patents related to on-device app stores, caller ID, display illumination and the integration of multiple radios. Nokia's filing in the Hague, Netherlands covers two Nokia patents related to signal noise suppression and data card functionality. None of the asserted patents have been declared essential to any wireless communication standard.

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