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Nokia assumed that ten patents on which it was insisted that it have it in relation to the cellular phone were violated, and brought a case Apple.

World's largest cellular phone manufacturer Nokia clarified that it was assumed that it had not been assumed the way according to the license fee payment of the patent that Apple that was the manufacturer of "iPhone" on October 22 in time in the United States became a problem, and launched out into this bringing a case by the statement. Nokia is insisted on that iPhone of all models from the founder machine announced in 2007 now violates the patent. Nokia submitted the petition to U.S. District Court in United States Delaware state for a sales prohibition of iPhone and unspecified compensation for damages.

Mr. Ilkka Rahnasto who is the vice president of legal affairs and the intellectual property section of Nokia｢It is in the point that the enterprise that contributes by technological development to establish the standard should have the intellectual property right, and other enterprises pay the consideration of the use with the essential tenet in a mobile industry. Apple is obtained according to this principle. Apple starts getting a free ride on a reformative technology of Nokia by refusing to respond to appropriate payment to the use of the literary property of Nokia. ｣It talked.

This company has already said that they came to connect the licensing agreement concerning the patent that becomes a problem with the enterprise that goes up to the other 40 companies that contain "The greater part of main cellular phone manufacturers" according to Mr. Mark Durrant who is the charge of announcing to public of Nokia. Because Apple has shown posture in which cooperation is refused up to now, "As a means of last resort" is assumed that it will file suit of this time. Mr. Durrant is clarifying that the two companies tried to advance "Lasting for constant period" negotiation.

It is described that Nokia has spent 60 billion dollars or more on the research and development related to the cellular technology. When Apple violated it, ten insisted patents say that it related to manufacturing the cellular phone corresponding to GSM, 3G, and the Wi-Fi network. The one that concerns wireless data, the voice coding, security, and the encryption seems to be included in the patent that becomes a problem according to Nokia.

The answer was not obtained at once though the comment was requested from Apple for this matter.

In the technology that floats on all heads such as controllers of USB, the outlet, and the video game, mutual agreement to standardization exists. Two or more enterprises that use the technology that becomes a problem while obtaining help of the standards body etc. and handle manufacturing the product have been becoming these mutual agreements. It will agree so that other enterprises that belong to the standards body may use the patent technology in the license by reasonable amount by conferring which patent technology is most excellent both beforehand.

It was described that Apple did not acquire some licenses of ten patents that Nokia had with small number of other enterprises though Nokia did not try to clarify a real name of the company. It is insisted that the license of this patent technology be requested from the cellular phone corresponding to all of GSM, 3G, and the Wi-Fi network as for Nokia.

Legal..witness..often..person..popular perception..sales..prohibit..court..petition..submit..actually..permanent..market..shut out..aim.In such a lawsuit, the sales prohibition is used as a powerful means, and Nokia requests the payment of fair consideration from Apple.