Nokia Sues Apple For Patent Infringement Over iPhone

Nokia is grasping at straws. They attempted this in the EU and were slapped down. The patents they claim are questionable too. Can probably be challenged.

The technologies Apple used in the iPhone are pretty standard technologies made by companies like Infineon, TI, etc. And the same technology is being used in Blackberry and other smart phone. If Nokia want to stop iPhone from steamrolling them, they should sue everybody and do that when the first gen iPhone came out.

Apple is already paying royalties via the GSM consortium.
and the chip it purchases which contain the technology.

If Nokia thinks it can take webkit without infringing on IP of Apple is laughable. What about Multi-Touch. Wait until Apple receives a trademark on that one. How about video, quicktime. os. dock. Everything in Xt can be sued. it can sue for copy-n-paste. how about drag-n-drop.

ah, suing, the strategy of a failing company to somehow overcome a better performing company when they choose not to improve products, hire better people or innovate.

It's a logical step. Apple would have done the same, had Nokia started using e.g the multi-touch screen. There's no free lunch (or apple)!

I think this is what Chuck Gaffney really meant.
ah, trying to steal technology, the strategy of a failing company to somehow overcome a better performing company when they choose not to improve products. Hire better people and innovate your own products and pay when using someone else´s technology.

The sad part is most people would applaud Apple suing Microsoft on shakier legal ground than this. Nokia must have an arguable complaint or their high priced corporate lawyers would not have bothered filing the suit. I only hope it doesn't set US technology back any further if they win. Every time we get some "new" technology Japan or Europe has already had it for a year or more.

Can't say I know the exact specifics of this case, but I didn't hear the fanboys upset when Apple went after Psystar.

Some of you folks need to understand the difference with STANDARDS related IP and IMPLEMENTATION IP. And the fact that whoever implements it first is not necessarily the one who has spent R&D dollars/euros on it first.

I don't think Nokia is trying to gain access to Apple's IP for free. I have read somewhere that Nokia is one of the most respected companies when it comes to IPR. A company that big, investing huge amounts to protecting their IP, simply cannot go exploiting others IP.

free lunch... multi-touch, come to think of it... take a look at US7,075,513 patent and who it's assigned to. And pay attention to the filing date. When was iPhone announced again?

Ha. That's awesome.Nokia are jealous because they cant
think of ways to catch up and control the market . No wonder it's because iphone allows everyone to profit >>> www.serious-iphoneprofits.cjb.net