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Patents are a bitch and frankly it is why Nokia just gave up on trying to make their chips in house. A company called Interdigital sued Nokia back in 2005 and a judge decided they deserved a quarter of a billion dollars. That case was over 2G and 2.5G technologies. History is repeating itself and Interdigital is now suing over 3G technologies in the Nokia N75 which happen to violate another one of their patents.
“Despite our efforts to resolve 3G patent licensing matters with Nokia, we have been unable to come to an agreement,” said William J. Merritt, President and Chief Executive Officer of InterDigital. “As a developer of advanced innovative technologies and an owner of a large and growing patent portfolio, if we cannot negotiate an acceptable license agreement with a company using our inventions, we will aggressively defend our intellectual property rights.”
[Via: Business Wire]
“Nokia intends to vigorously defend itself, its products, and its integrity in this matter and ensure that its rights are protected,” Nokia spokeswoman said, adding that the company would not offer additional comments on the case yet, because it has not received copies of the complaints.
[Via: Reuters]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
