Nokia Steps Up Qualcomm Legal Battle
Nokia says that it has filed patent counter assertions against Qualcomm in the Eastern District of Texas Court. The filing relates to Qualcomm's alleged unauthorized use of 6 Nokia implementation patents in its MediaFLO and BREW businesses. Qualcomm has in previous litigation sought injunctions against Nokia and therefore in this case Nokia is seeking both damages and injunctive relief.
Nokia says that the patents are at the core of MediaFLO and BREW technologies, for example in ensuring the broadcast quality of service within MediaFLO and in enabling the download of applications with BREW. Nokia has also recently declared another set of patents to the Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA) which it says are essential for the FLO air interface used in MediaFLO.
Nokia's patent counter assertions are part of its response to the Qualcomm lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Texas, on 2 April, 2007. In that lawsuit Qualcomm's three patents-in-suit allegedly involve certain types of mobile software download and execution environments."
Posted to the site on 11th June 2007
