Comments on: Nokia Sues Apple Over Patent Infringements

By: Clement

Clement — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:52:09 +0000

You say Nokia is looking to collect patent royalties of 1 or 2 percent for each iPhone sold ( $200 million-$400 million). If this is small amount to both companies, why did they fail to resolve this issue outside the courtroom? I somehow think that there is more to this issue.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:22:22 +0000

Jukka, I know why I read this stuff: to keep my head screwed on straight and keep an open mind, see the other side of the story. Well, the story as USA sees it, anyway.

Om, aren’t you going to make some comment about Nokia being “anti-business?” You crack me up! I believe it has already been suggested elsewhere (your recent n900 review if I’m not mistaken), flamebaiting Nokia seems to be your tactic for gaining readership & comment. Seems to be working. Worked on me ;-) Nokheads indeed. It’s Nokians. This from the country that bought us the crackberry.

By: getting pregnant tips

getting pregnant tips — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:11:16 +0000

The damn phone has been out for over 2 years. They are obviously not aggressively enforcing the rights violations they are alleging after so much time. Legally they might be within the time frame, but we all know that companies wait years so that settlements will be higher than ever.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:20:52 +0000

I guess when your marketshare sucks in North America, you gotta find other ways to make money. I remember the days way back in the mid-late 1990′s when Nokia took the cell world by storm with their funky and easy to use phones.

By: SD

SD — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:06:30 +0000

Note to every mobile company out there – if you want that Nokia should not sue you..”just stay behind Nokia.”..Samsung beware…

By: Cell phone reviews

Cell phone reviews — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:01:32 +0000

The iPhone has been out for years with this tech, and Nokia is just now saying something? That’s ridiculous, and petty, and quite frankly looks desperate.

By: Jody

Jody — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:16:14 +0000

@ Hamranhansenhansen

You should actually read the news yourself instead of just the flamebait headlines. Then you might have a better idea of the real situation. Or maybe you could actually read the financial reports.

By: Jody

Jody — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:13:58 +0000

@ Hamranhansenhansen

You missed the point. The phone division of Nokia was NOT unprofitable. They made a rather large pile of cash last quarter.

By: Allen

Allen — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:44:37 +0000

Yeah but Apple have like a gazillion percent share in Silicon Valley and that’s all that matters. And Jobs you know like, walks on water man.

By: Hamranhansenhansen

Hamranhansenhansen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:57:35 +0000

> Om has such a California-centric view
> Apple fan

You don’t have to be in California to make the judgement that Apple is doing well right now and Nokia is not. Read the news.

By: Hamranhansenhansen

Hamranhansenhansen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:55:41 +0000

> Nokia still have a 35% share of the smartphone market

You say “still have” because they have 35% and dropping. But market share is not the only metric. Apple has only 10% of US retail computer sales but takes more than half of the profits. Nokia just had their most unprofitable quarter while Apple just had their most profitable.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:17:15 +0000

This whole case is a non-issue. Its not going to be a problem to Nokia nor to Apple.

Apple is going to continue to make iPhones and Nokia continuous to make Symbian phones. Couple of tens or even hundreds of millions here or there make no difference.

In the long run however, Nokia has the risk that they just become yet another royalty collector.

Maybe, they are practicing that with this move :)

By: LegalTuber

LegalTuber — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:10:38 +0000

Let’s hope this drives more innovation, not less. It’s almost refreshing to see a non-patent-trolling company file a suit like this, as they have much more credibility, seeing as how they actually make products.

By: David Famolari

David Famolari — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:52:37 +0000

Would like to know which specific patents Nokia is citing. Was hoping somebody would have reported the patent #’s rather than generic technology areas. Anybody know?

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:27:06 +0000

Wow, and this is just 3G. Wait until 4G where IP is more widely distributed and has much more potential outside of laptops and handsets. Then we’ll see some real litigation. Let’s face it – 3G wireless has always used IPR as a competitive weapon and revenue generator – other consumer electronic vendors that will be increasingly interested in incorporating wireless are not. That clash of cultures should be interesting to watch.

By: timjones17

timjones17 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:09:35 +0000

Microsoft did invest $150 million in Apple back in 1997 linked to a “settlement to a long-standing dispute over whether Microsoft’s Windows operating system infringes on any of Apple’s patents.” oh well, Windows is the dominant desktop OS today, and Apple’s featurephone OS isn’t. http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-202143.html