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Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent to sue Apple for stealing 32 patent
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The lawsuit was filed in Germany and the US, and it is a povećoj lawsuit in which Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent claim that Apple illegally used as many as 32 patents that are owned by the Finnish company.
It seems that a big comeback in the world of Nokia smartphones will not only be recognized by the new smartphones that are expected in 2017, but after some major complaints. One of them is the legal battle, Nokia, and Alcatel-Lucent, which have joined forces and who are suing rival Apple for unauthorized use of their 32 patents.
In particular, it is about several patents in the field of high technology and related to the display, user interface, software, antenna, chipset, video encoding, and many others. In America, the action is at the state court in Texas, while about one in Germany so far no details.
This is not the first time that Nokia and Apple’s legal disputes. Great are legal battle led by 2009-2011. years, after which they mutually agreed in favor of Nokia then received damages of several hundred million euros. Well, it seems that a new legal battle flaring up.
Why Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent? For those who have not heard, Nokia has a few months ago the owner of a French company that was bought for 15.6 million euros in shares. Although Nokia initially supposed to buy the only part that deals with wireless networks, eventually acquired the entire Alcatel-Lucent company. The joint company is now called Nokia Corporation and is the second largest producer of mobile equipment in the world, with an estimated market share of about 35%, just behind Sweden’s Ericsson, which is leading with 40% market share (source: Forbes).
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