Nokia has submitted one more claim against Apple

Finnish company Nokia has submitted one more claim against Apple, having accused the American company in infringement of five patents. About this is informed in official press release Nokia. The claim is registered in district court of the State of Wisconsin.

Technological forgery

Under statement Nokia, in smart phones iPhone and tablets iPad 3G their (Nokia) own technologies of a voice transfer and data, and also a method of use of the given systems of positioning in appendices are illegally applied.

Also Nokia has accused Apple of loan of innovations in the field of a design of aerials. Nokia asserts, that their workings out improve productivity and allow to create more compact devices.

Patent infringement

In October, 2009 Nokia initiated other proceeding with Apple. Then the company has accused the manufacturer iPhone in infringement of 10 patents. Under statement Nokia, these technologies have been licensed to 40 companies, however Apple illegally them uses in all models iPhone and does not pay company Nokia.

In December Apple has put forward countercharges, having counted 13 patents which are broken by the Finnish company.

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Apple has accused HTC

American corporation Apple initiated the judicial claim against Taiwan company HTC which is accused of infringement of 20 mobile patents. The statement of claim is submitted to federal court of Delaware and in the Commission on international trade of the USA. Besides it, in the judicial claim such phones as appear: Google Nexus One, HTC Hero, Dream and G1.

The claim without conditions

The judicial claim is initiated by infringement of patents for the technologies connected with the user interface, initial architecture and a hardware stuffing of phones iPhone. Thus corporation Apple does not specify, which indemnification wants from HTC.

"We can sit and observe of how competitors steal our patented inventions or we can struggle with it. We have decided to struggle", — has declared Steve Jobs, chief executive Apple, — "We consider, that a competition it is good, but competitors should create own original technologies, instead of steal ours".

In turn the Taiwan manufacturer of smart phones has refused to recognise itself the infringer of patents Apple.

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