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Nokia
Nokia is a telecommunications company, based in Finland, that lobbies for software patents and has used its software patents to attack free software projects.
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Lobbying for software patents
They lobbied for software patents during the EU software patents directive.[1]
Litigation
By Nokia
- Nokia v. HTC (2012, Germany) - includes suing HTC for use of the VP8 video format
- Nokia v. HTC (2012, USA) (complaint at the US ITC and suit in Delaware district court[2]
- Nokia v. HTC (2012, UK)
Against Nokia
Nokia was attacked in 2012 by patent troll InterDigital at the US ITC. Nokia lost there, and again in appeal to the US CAFC.[3]
Related pages on ESP Wiki
External links
- FFII's page about Nokia
- Nokia's 2007 position paper arguing against Ogg Theora in HTML5
- Nokia and Intel defensive on MeeGo Linux patents, 4 May 2010, The Register
- Ailing Nokia falls back on patents legacy, 14 May 2012, The Guardian
References
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4655955.stm Regarding the EU software patents directive: "Big technology firms, such as Philips, Nokia, Microsoft, Siemens, and telecoms firm Ericsson, continued to voice their support for the original bill.
- ↑ http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/02/htcs-tactics-in-dispute-with-nokia.html
- ↑ http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2012/08/federal-circuit-again-supports-usitc-jurisdiction-for-pure-enforcement-npes-court-again-splits-on-claim-construction.html
