Apple Vs. Nokia: The Battle of Britain II

Another blow landed in the Apple-Nokia patent punch-up. Apple on Tuesday sued Nokia in the High Court in London seeking to invalidate one of the patents at issue between the companies. This particular one covers touchscreen scrolling and is one of a number of patents Nokia has accused Apple of infringing.

Nokia, for its part, doesn’t seem much worried by the action. “[We're] confident that all of the 37 patents [we have] asserted against Apple [are valid],” a spokesperson told Bloomberg. “We are examining the filing and will take whatever actions are needed to protect our rights.”

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Apple Vs. Nokia: The Battle of Britain

Anonymous

When you think of touchscreen scrolling on a phone, you definitely think “Nokia”.
Anonymous

There are so many ways that prior art can be demonstrated that a claim of confidence that a patent lime this is valid, is little more than a political gesture, and a disingenuous one at that.
Anonymous

May have to promote this one to a headline.
http://www.facebook.com/johankh Johan Krüger-Haglert

I read yesterday how they presented a touchscreen phone back in 2004 or whenever it was and a few months later an application store.

Neither actually became anything.

They also have had if it was 500 GUI ideas for the OS which never materialized. Including a 3D interface which they scrapped because the cost per phone would had been 2.5 $…

Nokia spends three times as much on R&D as Apple, which may have been the most in the industry if I remember things right So they obviously have came up with plenty of ideas.
Anonymous

It isn’t a word association game, John.

Nokia has been in the cellular phone business for about 20 years and Apple about 3,5 years. It is practically impossible to make a phone without Nokia patents, say analysts.

You can’t just wake up one morning and say: “Thats nice, I’ll have that”
Anonymous

Love that picture of JC smiling.

Apple Vs. Nokia: The Battle of Britain II

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