노키아, HTC와 RIM 등 약체들을 상대로 글로벌 특허전의 포문을 열다.

노키아가 HTC, RIM 및 ViewSonic을 상대로 미국, 독일, 미국ITC에 제소하였다.
노키아는 40여개 다른 회사들은 이미 라이센싱 계약을 맺었는데 이들은 응하지 않았기에 소송을 제기하였다고 한다.
이들 소송에 관계되는 특허는 대충 45건 정도.

관련 기술은  “application stores, multitasking, navigation, conversational message display, dynamic menus, data encryption and retrieval of email attachments on a mobile device.”

 

노키아가 최근의 어려운 비즈니스 상황을 탈출하기 위해 자신들보다 더 어려운 회사들을 짓밟고 일어서고자 하는 듯한 안타까운 모습이다.

 

 

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Nokia sues HTC, RIM, ViewSonic in global patent brawl

By Zack Whittaker | May 2, 2012, 6:45am PDT

Summary: Nokia said it is taking HTC, RIM, and ViewSonic to court in a separate, new global patent dispute, in a bid to reclaim its intellectual property.

Nokia just launched a massive patent attack against two of its main smartphone rivals, HTC and Research in Motion, and is taking a swipe at television maker ViewSonic in the process.

as part of efforts to “protect its innovations and intellectual property”, has fired off close to a dozen complaints to regional courts in the U.S. and Germany, as well as the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

A statement from Nokia said it has “licensed our standards essential patents to more than 40 companies”, but HTC, Research in Motion, and ViewSonic are not playing ball, the company said.

The company said 45 patents are involved in one or more of the cases. It said the patents are propriety technology that cover both hardware and software features, and are not industry-standard patents.

Specifically, Nokia said the patents relate to “application stores, multitasking, navigation, conversational message display, dynamic menus, data encryption and retrieval of email attachments on a mobile device.”

Though Nokia prefers to “avoid litigation”, it had to “file these actions to end the unauthorised use of our proprietary innovations and technologies, which have not been widely licensed.”

There are 11 separate cases in four courts around the world, and one case to the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Nokia has submitted one complaint to the U.S. International Trade Commission against HTC. It has also filed suits against HTC and ViewSonic in the U.S. District Court of Delaware. Two separate cases against HTC and RIM have been filed in the German Regional Court in Dusseldorf.

Additionally, all three of the named companies are being sued in Germany’s Regional Courts in Mannheim and Munich, totalling the number of cases to just short of a dozen.

Nokia has taken a backseat on the ongoing patent wars, helped along by the Apple vs. Samsung dispute which ‘celebrated’ its one-year anniversary in April.

The Finnish smartphone giant recently lost the global cellphone lead for the first time since 1998, according to IHS iSuppli data, marking the company’s decline in recent years in the face of competitors. The one thing Nokia still has is patents, and the move to jump into the battle marks how desperate the company has become.

The company’s Q1 results showed sales dropping from $4 billion to $9.2 billion on the same quarter a year earlier.