The United States Internal Trade Commission will examine the patent lawsuit filed by Nokia against Apple. The lawsuit was filed on Dec. 22 last year accusing Apple to infringe Nokia’s patents.
According to Reuters, the U.S. International Trade Commission decided to investigate the lawsuit filed by Nokia Technologies. The Finland-based company alleged Apple Inc. to infringe its patents in imported tablet computers, smartphones and other electronic products.
Nevertheless, the commission stated that it had not inclined to make decisions in favor of the plaintiff. Nokia sought a cease and desist order to the case, and limited exclusion as well. ITC is reported to look into the Nokia's accusation of Apple in twelve infringements related to technology patents exclusively owned by Nokia.
Nokia filed a complaint on Dec. 22 according to Law 360. The company said Apple infringed 40 of its patent in iPhone, iPad and other products.
The lawsuits were filed in multiple courts in the United States and Germany. In America, the company filed the complaint in U.S. Federal District Court in Eastern Texas. While in Germany the lawsuits were filed in separate courts in three cities, Munich, Dusseldorf and Mannheim.
Both Nokia and Apple has engaged in legal war for years since 2009. Nokia filed first complaint on Oct. 22 in the U.S. District Court of Delaware.
Nokia had accused Apple of patent infringement on 10 patents that covers the GSM, UMTS and WLAN standards. The Finnish company said that they have invested billion of dollars to the research and development of those standards before Apple implemented the technologies in iPhone without accredited royalties.
In 2011 Apple agreed to license the patented inventions. However, when the patents are expiring, Apple refused to extend the agreement. As a result, Nokia filed simultaneous lawsuits against Apple in U.S. and Germany in December 2016.
Watch the report from Reuters regarding the patent battle between Nokia and Apple below:
