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Nokia Claims Patent Violations in Most Apple Products

Posted by timothy on from the mickey-finn-or-mickey-mouse? dept.

An anonymous reader writes with an extract from this Associated Press story, as carried by The Globe and Mail: "Nokia is broadening its legal fight with Apple, saying almost all of the company's products violate its patents, not just the iPhone. Nokia Corp. said Tuesday that it has filed a complaint against Apple Inc. with the US International Trade Commission. The Finnish phone maker says Apple's iPhone, iPods and computers all violate its intellectual property rights."

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  1. Re:This is not going to end well by Bigjeff5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you're saying it would be more like Nokia poking Apple with a stick, Apple getting out their Super Stick of Doom (patent pending), followed by Nokia crushing Apple with their Patent Log of All Things Terrible and Marvelous (patented)?

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    Security is mostly a superstition... Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. - Helen Keller
  2. Re:Mutually assured destruction... by Bigjeff5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I imagine a patent battle playing out like one of those weird anime card battles:

    Apple: I summon... Multitouchscreen patent level three!
    Multitouchscreen patent level three does 50 damage!

    Nokia: I summon... Wirelessaudiotransmitionoverradio patent level five!
    Wirelessaudotransmitionoverradio patent level five does 120 damage!

    I mean I don't know what the actual patents are, but that seems to be the way it works.

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    Security is mostly a superstition... Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. - Helen Keller
  3. Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So Nokia owned patents for annoying advertisements and cornering the smug douchebag market?