Apple Countersues Nokia Over Mobile Patents
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is countersuing Nokia (NYSE: NOK), charging the Finnish cell phone maker with infringing on 13 iPhone-related patents. About two months ago, Nokia sued Apple, accusing it of illegally using 10 Nokia-patented technology standards in the iPhone since its 2007 launch, including wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption. In a statement, Bruce Sewell, Apple’s general counsel, hit back, albeit generally. “Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours,” Sewell said.
Since the iPhone’s been on the market for over two years, Nokia’s decision to file a suit after such a relatively long time has many people scratching their heads. In any case, Nokia has said that it spent €40 million billion ($60 billion) on R&D in the last 20 years and that Apple is attempting to get a free ride on the back of the company’s innovation. The suit does come at a time of differing fortunes for the two companies.
SEE ALSO: Nokia Sues Apple: iPhone Maker Accused Of Infringing Mobile Patents
Apple sold about 7.4 million of iPhones in Q309—for a total of more than 30 million to date—which helped Apple make a $1.67 billion quarterly profit. Nokia meanwhile, made a $1.36 billion loss for its Q3 and is unlikely to see a significant turnaround in Q4.
Posted In: Legal, Patents, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Nokia
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