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Apple Counter-Sues Nokia Over Patents

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the fight-fire-with-more-lawyers dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "About two months ago Nokia sued Apple for infringing Nokia patents in its iPhone. The 10 patents in the lawsuit, filed in the US state of Delaware, relate to technologies fundamental for devices using GSM, UMTS and/or local area network (LAN) standards. The patents cover wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption and are infringed by all Apple iPhone models shipped since the iPhone was introduced in 2007. In the latest development to the case, Apple said Friday that it had filed its own suit against Nokia, countering Nokia's claims of patent infringement with its own."

13 of 137 comments (clear)

  1. CEO Battle by Khris · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's just put the CEO from both companies into a ring and have them fight it out. Whoever wins gets everything including the black turtleneck!

    1. Re:CEO Battle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      If Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo (CEO of Nokia) wins does he really want to eat Steve Job's liver in front of the angry mob? Given Mr Job's medical history that is kind of gross.

    2. Re:CEO Battle by daveime · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, and we could present it as a music video for Frankie Goes to Hollywood, entitled "Two Tribes 2009".

    3. Re:CEO Battle by davester666 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Why not? It's WAY newer than the old one, and I'll bet it would taste much better. Also should be much healthier for you (vs eating the old one)...

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  2. I'm rubber and you're glue... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wish they'd all grow up...

    1. Re:I'm rubber and you're glue... by BeardedChimp · · Score: 4, Funny

      You fight like a dairy farmer!

    2. Re:I'm rubber and you're glue... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You fight like a dairy farmer!

      How appropriate, you fight like a cow.

    3. Re:I'm rubber and you're glue... by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 3, Funny

      How appropriate, you fight like a company that MILKS its customers out of all their money and then spend half of it on pointless patent debates!

  3. Nokia sues Apple for infringing technology patents by Colin+Smith · · Score: 5, Funny

    And Apple sues Nokia for what? The process for creating black shiny things?

     

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  4. It IS crazy! by NoYob · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's a crazy idea: in-house lawyers.

    Do you know how hard it is to potty train a lawyer?! It's not like a dog or better a cat that makes a bee line for the litter box. Nooooooo!

    Lawyers need a big office if they don't have one, they'll shit all over everything. They need an expensive car or they'll pee over everything. And as for food! Oh God!

    Just gimme a cat.

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    1. Re:It IS crazy! by ColdWetDog · · Score: 2, Funny

      Not so; Pasteur was not entirely correct. Lawyers spontaneously generate out of the muck.

      M. Pasteur was concerned about the origin of lifeforms. Not lawyers.

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  5. Re:Resolution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's a defensive patent. In case someone like another Creative sured them for multi-touch this or that. It's an unfortunate reality of doing business in tech.

    So far, I haven't seen Apple sue based on patents pre-emptively. I could be wrong though.

  6. Re:That would mean glorious times ahead for Nokia by Selfbain · · Score: 3, Funny

    But could he defeat a person who has the ability to warp reality itself?

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