Nokia, the world's largest maker of mobile phones, said today that hopes to succeed in its claim for patent violation against Apple, and blamed the multinational American what he called "escalation of the conflict of patents."
The Finnish company hopes that the International Trade Commission (ITC, for its acronym in English) agree within 30 days of the lawsuit it filed yesterday against Apple on the grounds that almost all phones computers and music players violate California-seven of its patents.
According to Nokia, Apple copied without permission on their iPhones, iMacs and iPods seven of its patented technologies relating to the user interface and various management functions for the cameras, antennas and power management.
Mark Durrant, Director of Communications at Nokia, told Reuters today that it is seven patents "nonessential", so that the Finnish manufacturer can use these technologies without being obliged to exclusive licensing.
"Apple is competing against Nokia dirty way, taking advantage Free our technological research, in which Nokia has invested over 40,000 million euros, "Durrant said in a telephone interview.
Nokia spokesman said the Finnish multinational has always given its essential patents to other manufacturers exchange for financial compensation, but said that Apple chose to use several of them without permission.
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demand filed with the ITC is a step in the "patent war" against Apple, one of its main competitors in the market for smartphones (smartphones).
demand filed with the ITC is a step in the "patent war" against Apple, one of its main competitors in the market for smartphones (smartphones).
Last October, Nokia U.S. manufacturer sued in U.S. District Court in Delaware (USA), considering that the iPhone violates a number of essential patents for wireless technologies in the second and third generation (GSM and UMTS).
three weeks ago, Apple fired back and in turn brought suit against the Finnish company, accusing it of violating thirteen of its technological innovations in the manufacture of mobile multimedia.
"Apple asked the court to ban U.S. imports of Nokia products, which represented an escalation of the conflict," said Durrant.
Nokia spokesman said that with the new demand, Apple will aim to "stop illegal use" patents, but also to ban U.S. imports of products that infringe.
"We have an obligation to our shareholders to protect our intellectual property, especially non-essential patents, which give us a technological advantage over our competitors," said Durrant.
is not the first time that Nokia is involved in litigation with other companies in the sector by disputes over intellectual property of technological innovations.
In 2006, the U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm sued Nokia in the understanding that the Finnish multinational had infringed three of its patents relating to mobile technology and data GSM / GPRS / Edge, but in 2008 was rejected by the ITC and the British High Court.
Before the court ruling made public, Nokia fought back and in turn sued Qualcomm, one of the largest manufacturers of chips for mobile phones, with the European Commission and the ITC.
Finally, both companies signed a patent sharing agreement in July 2008, effective for fifteen years, ending one of the most serious conflicts between companies in the telecommunications industry complex.
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EFE News 30/12/200911: 49h
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