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Apple v. Nokia showdown won’t begin until 2012
It sure is a good time to to be on Apple’s legal team. Not only is there the much publicized lawsuit against HTC, but you might also remember that Apple and Nokia are also in the throes of a potentially significant lawsuit. Last October, Nokia sued Apple for patent infringement claiming that Apple’s iPhone infringed on [...]
Continue reading...Solid writeup on the Nokia Apple patent dispute
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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As you may already be aware, Nokia and Apple are apparently trying to sue each other to oblivion, with each side looking to block the import of the others’ devices. At issue, naturally, are claims of patent infringement relating to a whole host of technologies. Chris Dannen of BNET penned an article a few days ago [...]
Continue reading...Apple fights back - seeks to ban all imports of Nokia phones
Saturday, January 16, 2010
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The ongoing patent dispute between Nokia and Apple has both companies pulling out their big guns. Nokia got things started in October when it sued Apple for allegedly infringing on a number of patents relating to wireless LAN standards and GSM/UMTS networks. In early December, Apple countersued claiming that Nokia phones infringe on 13 Apple’s [...]
Continue reading...Nokia files another broad lawsuit against Apple over patent infringement
Monday, January 4, 2010
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The legal battle between Nokia and Apple just got bumped up another notch with Nokia recently filing a second lawsuit in federal court alleging that a wide range of Apple products infringe on several of Nokia’s implementation patents. Specifically, Nokia alleges that the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPod Classic, iPod Nano, iPod Touch, iMac, MacBook, MacBook [...]
Continue reading...Nokia: Every Apple product infringes on our patents
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Nokia on Tuesday responded to Apple’s countersuit by filing a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission alleging Apple has been infringing on Nokia’s patents in “virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, and computers” sold. In its complaint, Nokia specifically references seven patents relating to a varying number of technologies, including but not [...]
Continue reading...Nokia to initiate job cuts at its only Finnish plant
Saturday, December 19, 2009
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More bad news for Nokia as the Finnish handset maker said last week its planning to cut a good number of jobs at their lone manufacturing plant in Finland, located in the town of Salo. More on the story over here at Reuters.
Continue reading...Apple countersues Nokia for patent infringement
Friday, December 11, 2009
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Well this is certainly getting interesting. In late October you’ll recall that Nokia sued Apple for infringing on a number of patents pertaining to technologies that help make devices compatible with wireless LAN standards and GSM and UMTS networks. Nokia argues that Apple’s iPhone has been infringing on their patents since it was first released in [...]
Continue reading...Nokia plans to close Chicago and New York retail stores, and why it’s not a surprise
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Just days after Nokia decided to close down its high-end retail shop on Regent Street in London comes news that Nokia stores in New York and Chicago will also be closing up shop in early 2010. Nokia’s attempt to emulate Apple’s retail success began in 2006, and despite attempts to drape the stores with translucent walls [...]
Continue reading...Nokia shuts down retail store in London, attempt to emulate Apple fails
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
The Times Online reports that Nokia has decided to shut down its eye-catching retail store on Regent Street in London due to lackluster sales. Ben Wood, an analyst with CCS Insight, said: “There was no question that the store was trying to replicate what Apple had done and build up the brand rather than shift devices. [...]
Continue reading...Is Android growing too fast for its own good?
Monday, November 23, 2009
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Terrence O’Brien recently penned a great piece in Switched assessing whether or not Google’s Android OS is growing too fast for its own good. After getting off to a slow start, Android phones have gone gangbusters. As of last July, there was only one Android-powered device available in the U.S., but that number has since exploded. Now, there [...]
Continue reading...Nokia still top dog, but iPhone marketshare and sales volume continue to grow at an impressive rate
Friday, November 13, 2009
The Palm Pre. The BlackBerry Storm. Windows Mobile. Miss Cleo. These are all things that are powerless to stop the ever growing success and ubiquity of the iPhone. According to the most recent report from Gartner, which covered the third quarter of 2009, the iPhone accounted for 17% of all smartphone sales worldwide. Last year [...]
Continue reading...Apple intends to fight Nokia patent lawsuit “vigorously”
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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Last week, Nokia made headlines when it sued Apple over what it claims are infringing iPhone technologies which relate to wireless connectivity, security, and speech coding. Nokia claims that Apple is infringing upon 10 Nokia patents in total, and according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, Nokia is looking to collect 1-2% in royalties on [...]
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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