Nokia takes new steps to protect its innovations and intellectual property
Patent suits filed against HTC, RIM and Viewsonic in the US and Germany
Espoo, Finland - Nokia has filed claims in the United States and Germany
alleging that products from HTC, RIM and Viewsonic infringe a number of Nokia
patents.
"Nokia is a leader in many technologies needed for great mobile products, " said
Louise Pentland, chief legal officer at Nokia. "We have already licensed our
standards essential patents to more than 40 companies. Though we´d prefer to
avoid litigation, Nokia had to file these actions to end the unauthorized use of
our proprietary innovations and technologies, which have not been widely
licensed."
Nokia´s actions include a complaint to the US International Trade Commission
(ITC) against HTC, suits against HTC and Viewsonic in the Federal District Court
of Delaware, US, against HTC and RIM in the Regional Court in Dusseldorf,
Germany and against all three companies in the Regional Courts in Mannheim and
Munich, Germany. In total, 45 Nokia patents are in suit in one or more of the
actions.
Nokia proprietary innovations protected by these patents are being used by the
companies to enable hardware capabilities such as dual function antennas, power
management and multimode radios, as well as to enhance software features
including application stores, multitasking, navigation, conversational message
display, dynamic menus, data encryption and retrieval of email attachments on a
mobile device.
"Many of these inventions are fundamental to Nokia products, " Pentland
concluded. "We´d rather that other companies respect our intellectual property
and compete using their own innovations, but as these actions show, we will not
tolerate the unauthorized use of our inventions."
About Nokia
Nokia is a global leader in mobile communications whose products have become an
integral part of the lives of people around the world. Every day, more than 1.3
billion people use their Nokia to capture and share experiences, access
information, find their way or simply to speak to one another. Nokia´s
technological and design innovations have made its brand one of the most
recognized in the world.
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During the last two decades, Nokia has invested over EUR 45 billion in research
and development and built the wireless industry´s strongest and broadest IPR
portfolio, with around 10,000 patent families. Nokia is a world leader in the
development of handheld device and mobile communications technologies, which is
also demonstrated by Nokia´s strong patent position.