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Nokia Sues Apple For Patent Infringement In iPhone

Posted by samzenpus on from the we-did-it-first dept.

AVee writes "Engadget (amongst many others) reports that Nokia is suing Apple because the iPhone infringes on 10 Nokia patents related to GSM, UTMS and WiFi. While the press release doesn't contain much detail, it does state that Apple didn't agree to 'appropriate terms for Nokia's intellectual property,' which sounds like there have been negotiations about those patents."

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  1. Not for long ! by Pieroxy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Once the iPhones will have all flown away, Nokia will be left with noone to sue !!!

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  2. Canned answer by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 5, Funny

    Canned answer: "How else will we encourage innovation?!"

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    1. Re:Canned answer by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yahoo's Answer: Lap Dances

  3. Re:N900 by Whalou · · Score: 3, Funny

    UMTS (typo in summary)

    Thanks for the correction!

    I thought that uTMS was Nokia's answer to Apple's iTMS.

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  4. how dare they are by donguz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Steve Jobs is the one who invented cell phones,

  5. Once it popped into my head, I couldn't resist... by joeyblades · · Score: 3, Funny

    Getting sued for patent infringement?... There's an app for that!

  6. Re:I'll ask it again by sootman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Excellent summary--you're just missing one part: after A and B start fighting and refusing to compromise, company (or group) Q comes along and says "These competing standards are getting us nowhere. Thus, we will make a NEW (possibly open) standard, then EVERYONE will be happy!" And then that goes nowhere and company/group Q is never heard from again.

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  7. Re:Nothing to do with software !! by dangitman · · Score: 2, Funny

    How can people call Nolia a patent troll because some company comes in years after Nokia did all the work and steals the tech??

    Because Nolia deliberately named their business with a similar-sounding name, and then tried to make claims on the patents held by Nokia?

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