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Finnish phone maker Nokia announced that it would defend itself vigorously against Apple's legal onslaught brought about by Nokia's claims of patent infringement on the part of the Cupertino based fruity tech cult.
Last year Nokia alleged that Apple infringed 10 patents and it upped the ante by filing a new complaint with the US International Trade Commission, alleging Apple infringed seven Nokia patents in all of its phones, media players and PCs.
A few days ago Apple filed a complaint with the US ITC seeking to block imports of Nokia phones to the Land of the Free. Apple claims Nokia nicked 13 of its patents.
Nokia doesn't seem to be impressed and it's vowing to continue the legal struggle and defend itself. A Nokia spokesperson told the BBC that Apple failed to agree on appropriate terms for using Nokia technology and was "seeking a free ride on Nokia's innovation".
Mind you, when the Finns say they will defend vigorously, they mean every word of it. Just ask Stalin's Red Army, whose brief 1939 winter vacation in Karelia cost it 125,000 dead.
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Nokia to defend itself vigorously against Apple
We shall fight in the fields and in the streets
Finnish phone maker Nokia announced that it would defend itself vigorously against Apple's legal onslaught brought about by Nokia's claims of patent infringement on the part of the Cupertino based fruity tech cult.
Last year Nokia alleged that Apple infringed 10 patents and it upped the ante by filing a new complaint with the US International Trade Commission, alleging Apple infringed seven Nokia patents in all of its phones, media players and PCs.
A few days ago Apple filed a complaint with the US ITC seeking to block imports of Nokia phones to the Land of the Free. Apple claims Nokia nicked 13 of its patents.
Nokia doesn't seem to be impressed and it's vowing to continue the legal struggle and defend itself. A Nokia spokesperson told the BBC that Apple failed to agree on appropriate terms for using Nokia technology and was "seeking a free ride on Nokia's innovation".
Mind you, when the Finns say they will defend vigorously, they mean every word of it. Just ask Stalin's Red Army, whose brief 1939 winter vacation in Karelia cost it 125,000 dead.
More here.