mobil phone: Nokia continues Apple

Nokia, world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones, said it is suing Apple for infringing its patents on mobile phone technology for the iPhone.

Nokia Apple continues to assert patent infringement for GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN (WLAN) standards.

Nokia licenses these technologies to other companies but said that Apple has not paid for the right to use them forever.

Ilkka Rahnasto, Nokia's VP Legal & Intellectual Property, said in a statement (shown below), "The basic principle in the mobile industry is that those companies who contribute to the development of technology to establish standards create intellectual property, while others need to compensate ... Apple is also expected to follow this principle. By refusing to agree [to] appropriate conditions for the intellectual property of Nokia, Apple is trying to get a free ride on the back of innovation from Nokia. "

Last week, Nokia announced its first quarterly loss in years, while Apple announced a very positive earnings and revenue. Nokia dominates the world in shipments combined with a market share of 38%, while Apple still relatively new to the mobile market, gaining share at a rapid pace.

Update: DEP Reports: According to Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray is 1% to 2% of the cost of an iPhone, or in the worst case, about $ 12 per unit.

This is the complete press release:

Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced today that it has filed a complaint against Apple with the federal district court in Delaware, alleging that Apple's iPhone violates patents Nokia for GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN (WLAN) standards. As a leading innovator in wireless communications, Nokia has created a portfolio of patents stronger and broader in the industry, investing over 40 billion euros in R & D in last two decades. Much of this intellectual property, including patents pending, has been declared essential to industry standards. Nokia has already successfully concluded licensing agreements, including those patents with approximately 40 companies, including virtually all vendors of mobile devices from leading, enabling the industry to benefit from innovation from Nokia.

The ten patents in question relate to technologies fundamental to making devices that are compatible with one or more of GSM, UMTS (3G WCDMA) and wireless LAN standards. The patent covers wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption and achievement by all Apple iPhone models shipped since the iPhone was introduced in 2007.

"The basic principle in the mobile industry is that those companies who contribute to the development of technology to create set standards of intellectual property, while others need to compensate," said Ilkka Rahnasto, Vice President, legal & intellectual property at Nokia. "Apple is also expected to follow this principle. In refusing to agree to conditions appropriate for the intellectual property of Nokia, Apple is trying to get a free ride on the back of innovation from Nokia.

Over the past two decades, Nokia has invested approximately 40 billion euros in research and development and built an IPR portfolio strongest and broadest wireless industry, with over 10,000 patent families. Nokia is the world leader in the development of GSM and its evolution to UMTS / WCDMA 3G and wireless LAN, which is also reflected by the strong position of Nokia patents in these technologies.