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Qualcomm Sues Nokia Over Patents |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Tuesday, 08 November 2005 |
On the same day it announced a US$2.5 million stock re-purchase plan, CDMA company Qualcomm has alleged mobile phone handset and exquipment maker Nokia is in breach of 12 Qualcomm patents.
Qualcomm and its wholly owned subsidiary, SnapTrack, actually filed the suit on November 4 in the US Federal court in San Diego. The suit covers 11 Qualcomm patents and a single SnapTrack patent.
The technologies are essential for the manufacture or use of equipment that complies with the GSM, GPRS and EDGE cellular standards, according to the company which argues that the Patents must necessarily be infringed to comply with the requirements of the standard.
The law suit pertains to products sold in the United States that comply with the above GSM patents.
"We have been discussing a number of issues with Nokia for some time, including the fact that we have essential GSM patents for which Nokia is not licensed, and we are disappointed that this has resulted in litigation," said Louis M. Lupin, senior vice president and general counsel of Qualcomm.
"Until recently, we had been led to believe that these issues might be resolved cooperatively and amicably. However, it now appears that a cooperative resolution of these issues is quite unlikely and we must move forward with the litigation in order to protect our rights and to get these issues resolved."
Six of the patents in the Nokia complaint were also asserted in a complaint filed against Broadcom Corporation in July this year.
Qualcomm's patent portfolio includes more than 4,000 United States patents and patent applications and more than 20,000 patents and applications around the globe.
www.qualcomm.com
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