Nokia suing Apple over the iPhone patent theft

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia filed last Thursday at the American Federal County Court in Delaware a law suit against Apple

In a law suit filed at the American Federal County Court in Delaware Nokia confirms that those patents comprehend wireless data transfers, speech coding, as well as the security and protection. Nokia emphasizes the fact they already concluded with other companies numerous licence agreements on the use of technology which Apple uses freely and widely in their iPhone devices from its launch in 2007.

- The fundamental principle of the mobile industry is that the companies contributing to the technological development and setting of the standards are thus creating their very own intellectual property, the thing others have to pay for if they want to use it - said Ikka Rahnasto, a vice-president for the legal and intellectual property in Nokia. - By neglecting adequate terms of using Nokia's intellectual property Apple is trying to cheat by stealing Nokia's innovations - he warned.

Nokia is trying to keep the status of the largest world producer of mobile phones and it's facing a decline in market share in the profitability sector of state-of-the-art mobile phones against the competition pressure carried out by iPhone and other rivals.

This company in the third trimester 2009 reported a 836 millions USD loss, following by the merchandise loss in the area of so called "smart phones" at 16,4 millions of units, and 16,7 millions in the earlier trimester. On the contrary, Apple reported a 1,67 billions USD gain, or 46% more than in the previous year, selling 7,4 millions of iPhone, 7% more than in the same period one year earlier