Why do you hope Nokia looses? Just curious.
On May 8, 2010, at 11:20 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> agreed. I do wonder what will come out of it though? I hoep nokia looses big
> time
> On May 8, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote:
>
>> Yet another boring lawsuit. I really think this type of thing is just
>> to see who can score browny points against another company; it's not
>> really in the interest of consumers, despite what nokia will tell you.
>>
>> On 08/05/2010, Sarah Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Subject: NOKIA - Nokia sues Apple in Wisconsin for infringement of Nokia
>>> patents
>>>
>>>
>>> NOKIA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Nokia sues Apple in Wisconsin for infringement of Nokia patents
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced that it has today filed a complaint against
>>> Apple with the Federal District Court in the Western District of Wisconsin,
>>> alleging that Apple iPhone and iPad 3G products infringe five important
>>> Nokia patents.
>>>
>>> The patents in question relate to technologies for enhanced speech and data
>>> transmission, using positioning data in applications and innovations in
>>> antenna configurations that improve performance and save space, allowing
>>> smaller and more compact devices. These patented innovations are important
>>> to Nokia's success as they allow improved product performance and design.
>>>
>>> "Nokia has been the leading developer of many key technologies in mobile
>>> devices" said Paul Melin, General Manager, Patent Licensing at Nokia. "We
>>> have taken this step to protect the results of our pioneering development
>>> and to put an end to continued unlawful use of Nokia's innovation."
>>>
>>> During the last two decades, Nokia has invested approximately EUR 40 billion
>>> in research and development and built one of the wireless industry's
>>> strongest and broadest IPR portfolios, with over 11,000 patent families.
>>> Nokia is a world leader in the development of handheld device and mobile
>>> communications technologies, which is also demonstrated by Nokia's strong
>>> patent portfolio.
>>>
>>> About Nokia
>>> At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We combine advanced
>>> technology with personalized services that enable people to stay close to
>>> what matters to them. Every day, more than 1.2 billion people connect to one
>>> another with a Nokia device - from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and
>>> high-performance mobile computers. Today, Nokia is integrating its devices
>>> with innovative services through Ovi (www.ovi.com), including music, maps,
>>> apps, email and more. Nokia's NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive digital
>>> mapping and navigation services, while Nokia Siemens Networks provides
>>> equipment, services and solutions for communications networks globally.
>>>
>>> FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
>>> It should be noted that certain statements herein which are not historical
>>> facts are forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, those
>>> regarding: A) the timing of the deliveries of our products and services and
>>> their combinations; B) our ability to develop, implement and commercialize
>>> new technologies, products and services and their combinations; C)
>>> expectations regarding market developments and structural changes; D)
>>> expectations and targets regarding our industry volumes, market share,
>>> prices, net sales and margins of products and services and their
>>> combinations; E) expectations and targets regarding our operational
>>> priorities and results of operations; F) the outcome of pending and
>>> threatened litigation; G) expectations regarding the successful completion
>>> of acquisitions or restructurings on a timely basis and our ability to
>>> achieve the financial and operational targets set in connection with any
>>> such acquisition or restructuring; and H) statements preceded by "believe,"
>>> "expect," "anticipate," "foresee," "target," "estimate," "designed,"
>>> "plans," "will" or similar expressions. These statements are based on
>>> management's best assumptions and beliefs in light of the information
>>> currently available to it. Because they involve risks and uncertainties,
>>> actual results may differ materially from the results that we currently
>>> expect. Factors that could cause these differences include, but are not
>>> limited to: 1) the competitiveness and quality of our portfolio of products
>>> and services and their combinations; 2) our ability to timely and
>>> successfully develop or otherwise acquire the appropriate technologies and
>>> commercialize them as new advanced products and services and their
>>> combinations, including our ability to attract application developers and
>>> content providers to develop applications and provide content for use in our
>>> devices; 3) our ability to effectively, timely and profitably adapt our
>>> business and operations to the requirements of the converged mobile device
>>> market and the services market; 4) the intensity of competition in the
>>> various markets where we do business and our ability to maintain or improve
>>> our market position or respond successfully to changes in the competitive
>>> environment; 5) the occurrence of any actual or even alleged defects or
>>> other quality, safety or security issues in our products and services and
>>> their combinations; 6) the development of the mobile and fixed
>>> communications industry and general economic conditions globally and
>>> regionally; 7) our ability to successfully manage costs; 8) exchange rate
>>> fluctuations, including, in particular, fluctuations between the euro, which
>>> is our reporting currency, and the US dollar, the Japanese yen and the
>>> Chinese yuan, as well as certain other currencies; 9) the success, financial
>>> condition and performance of our suppliers, collaboration partners and
>>> customers; 10) our ability to source sufficient amounts of fully functional
>>> components, sub-assemblies, software, applications and content without
>>> interruption and at acceptable prices and quality; 11) our success in
>>> collaboration arrangements with third parties relating to the development of
>>> new technologies, products and services, including applications and content;
>>> 12) our ability to manage efficiently our manufacturing and logistics, as
>>> well as to ensure the quality, safety, security and timely delivery of our
>>> products and services and their combinations; 13) our ability to manage our
>>> inventory and timely adapt our supply to meet changing demands for our
>>> products; 14) our ability to protect the complex technologies, which we or
>>> others develop or that we license, from claims that we have infringed third
>>> parties' intellectual property rights, as well as our unrestricted use on
>>> commercially acceptable terms of certain technologies in our products and
>>> services and their combinations; 15) our ability to protect numerous Nokia,
>>> NAVTEQ and Nokia Siemens Networks patented, standardized or proprietary
>>> technologies from third-party infringement or actions to invalidate the
>>> intellectual property rights of these technologies; 16) the impact of
>>> changes in government policies, trade policies, laws or regulations and
>>> economic or political turmoil in countries where our assets are located and
>>> we do business; 17) any disruption to information technology systems and
>>> networks that our operations rely on; 18) our ability to retain, motivate,
>>> develop and recruit appropriately skilled employees; 19) unfavorable outcome
>>> of litigations; 20) allegations of possible health risks from
>>> electromagnetic fields generated by base stations and mobile devices and
>>> lawsuits related to them, regardless of merit; 21) our ability to achieve
>>> targeted costs reductions and increase profitability in Nokia Siemens
>>> Networks and to effectively and timely execute related restructuring
>>> measures; 22) developments under large, multi-year contracts or in relation
>>> to major customers in the networks infrastructure and related services
>>> business; 23) the management of our customer financing exposure,
>>> particularly in the networks infrastructure and related services business;
>>> 24) whether ongoing or any additional governmental investigations into
>>> alleged violations of law by some former employees of Siemens AG ("Siemens")
>>> may involve and affect the carrier-related assets and employees transferred
>>> by Siemens to Nokia Siemens Networks; 25) any impairment of Nokia Siemens
>>> Networks customer relationships resulting from ongoing or any additional
>>> governmental investigations involving the Siemens carrier-related operations
>>> transferred to Nokia Siemens Networks; as well as the risk factors specified
>>> on pages 11-32 of Nokia's annual report Form 20-F for the year ended
>>> December 31, 2009 under Item 3D. "Risk Factors." Other unknown or
>>> unpredictable factors or underlying assumptions subsequently proving to be
>>> incorrect could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
>>> forward-looking statements. Nokia does not undertake any obligation to
>>> publicly update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
>>> new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally
>>> required.
>>>
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