Nokia files two rounds of patent lawsuits against Apple in 11 countries after Apple refused to license technologies

Briefing

February 9, 2017

Briefing	Two Rounds of Patent Lawsuits – Filed two rounds of patent infringement lawsuits against Apple covering 40 patents on December 21-22, 2016, with first round filed in Germany and U.S., and second in Finland, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, and U.K. Patents Covered – Include widely-used H.264 video codec techologies, displays, user interfaces, software, antennas, and chipsets Refusal to Negotiate – Claimed Apple refuses to negotiate license for using Nokia's patented inventions in iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch, Mac, and Apple TV Nokia Patent Extortion Allegations – Apple began recent legal dispute by filing lawsuit on December 20, 2016, accusing Nokia of extracting huge revenues unfairly and anti-competitively from Apple and other smartphone makers
Accelerator	Mobile and Wearable Devices
Market Disruption	Intellectual Property
Sector	Information Technology
Organization	Apple Inc., Nokia Oyj
Source	Gross, G., "Nokia files even more patent lawsuits against Apple", Computerworld, http://www.computerworld.com/; "Nokia expands patent litigation against Apple in Asia, Europe and the US," Nokia Website, http://company.nokia.com/en/news/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	December 22, 2016

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