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Nokia Sues Qualcomm Over Patent Dispute

Qualcomm lightened its legal load with a mutual agreement to drop some patent cases with Broadcom, but faces a new claim in Europe from Nokia. Qualcomm and Nokia have been sniping at one another over patent issues for some time. They have a license that is due to expire in May, so this is about to get hot and heavy.

Nokia announced today that it has filed complaints against Qualcomm in Germany and the Netherlands requesting declarations that Qualcomm's European patents are exhausted in respect of products placed on the European Union market with a Qualcomm license, in this instance chipsets supplied by Texas Instruments. Texas Instruments and Qualcomm aentered into a Patent Portfolio License in 2000, Nokia said.

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Posted by | Mon, Mar 19, 2007 - 06:56 AM