Finally Nokia is getting some news from ITC. The United States International Trade Commission finally decided to re-investigate the patent infringement claims that were filed by Nokia against Apple. The case includes two patents. The whole story started last year, but the situation is not solved yet.
The patents that go under the numbers of 6,895,256 and 6,834,181 deal with the following issues: Speech and data transmission, device positioning, and antenna configurations, that is “multi-tasking operating systems, data synchronization, positioning, call quality and the use of Bluetooth accessories.”
Making claims against each other became quiet a popular practice among the mobile manufacturers last year. Paul Melin, Nokia’s VP of the intellectual property, claims:
“Our latest ITC filing means we now have 46 Nokia patents in suit against Apple, many filed more than 10 years before Apple made its first iPhone.”
The list of the patent files against Apple does not end up in the borders of the United States. There are a lot of cases in Britain, Germany and the Netherlands. Florian Mueller, an independent analyst of the patent claims, states:
“There is a significant degree of frustration shining through Nokia’s announcement … but more than anything else, Nokia is sending out a strong and unambiguous message that at the end of this epic battle Apple is going to have to send royalty checks to Finland.”
