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Nokia expands Apple patent claim
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 5 January 2010
Nokia has announced it is expanding its patent claim against Apple in relation to the iPhone. As previously reported, Nokia began legal action against Apple over allegations the iPhone infringed its patents in October. Apple launched a countersuit, accusing Nokia of infringing its patents, last month.
Now Nokia have filed a complaint to the US International Trade Commission accusing Apple of infringing a whole host of its patents, and not just with the iPhone. Apple denies the accusations.
Some question the timing of Nokia’s patent protection onslaught, suggesting it is a sign Nokia bosses really fear that the growth of Apple’s mobile handset business is going to have a serious impact on their market share in the next couple of years, in particular in the non-US mobile markets where they have traditionally dominated.
