Nokia has apparently had enough of how Apple is using their technology without, from their perspective, to do right for themselves. The Finnish phone manufacturer has therefore chosen to take it all to the right. Yesterday filed lawsuits to courts in the united states and Germany, writes IDG News.
In the centre of the conflict stands 32 patents including H. 264, one of the many manufacturers used the videokodningsformat. The other related technologies for the monitors, interface, software, antennas, and chiplicenser. Technology used in more or less all of Apple’s products. Nokia also has plans to send out more summonses to more courts.
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"Despite the benefits that followed with the Apple, as the company has persistently refused to agree to license Nokia’s H. 264 patents at reasonable terms. Dozens of companies use Nokia’s patents in their products. Apple, however, refuses to pay the established royalty," writes the makers ‘ lawyers in the lawsuit.
According to the current rules, as determined by the UN agency International telecommunication union, Nokia has agreed to make the licenses for, for example, H. 264 is available for other under reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions. The ITU-standard cover however, according to Nokia, only the decoder and not the encoder. Apple has offered a license for the technology, but is said to not want to pay for it.
the Charges can also be seen as a response to Apple’s announcement that they intend to take legal action against two other companies with ties to Nokia. The two companies accused of being in cahoots with the Finnish manufacturer and pick out the exorbitant revenue from Apple, writes Reuters.
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"We have always been willing to pay a fair price to secure the rights to the patent for the technology used in our products. Unfortunately, Nokia has refused to license their patents on a fair basis, and now they use the same tactics as patenttroll to get money out of Apple by applying a royaltynivå on Apple’s own inventions, which they (Nokia) don’t have anything to do with," says Apple spokesman, Josh Rosenstock.
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