Nokia to Appeal German Qualcomm Defeat

Nokia has filed an appeal with the regional court in Mannheim, Germany against its lost court battle with Qualcomm in the country. Nokia had been trying to argue that it should not have to pay royalties on the patents, as the payments were already made by Texas Instruments who manufacture the chips which rely on the Qualcomm patents - but the court dismissed the complaint saying that the scope was too wide.

"Nokia maintains that Qualcomm's patents in question are exhausted and is seeking a declaration from the court affirming that the principle of patent exhaustion applies to patents which are licensed to others in the telecommunications industry," a Nokia spokeswoman said.

The UKs High Court started hearing another court case in which Qualcomm is seeking an injunction that would stop Nokia from selling in that country products that use certain Qualcomm patents relating to GPRS systems.

Posted to the site on 27th November 2007