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Nokia Fights Back Qualcomm on Patent Infringement

Nokia has asked a U.S. court to order Qualcomm to abide by its written contractual obligations to international standards setting organisations to license intellectual property essential to GSM and UMTS technology standards on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms.

Qualcomm has filed three separate legal actions against Nokia in U.S. Federal Court, a court in the United Kingdom and the U.S. International Trade Commission where it has requested injunctions against Nokia.

Nokia said it is taking this action as a defensive measure to ensure there is a consolidated forum for addressing these issues and is asking the Court to enforce Qualcomm's obligation to negotiate royalties on FRAND terms.

Additionally, Nokia is asking the Court to affirm the key elements of FRAND, where the two companies to-date have had differing views, to solidify a framework for future intellectual property licensing negotiations.

Nokia and Qualcomm have had a long-standing disagreement over essential patents relating to mobile phone technologies. The two companies are in negotiations about extending technology license agreements.

In July Qualcomm said that the ITC has commenced an investigation whether handset maker Nokia was engaged in unfair trade practices by importing and selling mobile phones that infringed on Qualcomm's patents.


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