Posted on Monday, January 18 2010 @ 0:10 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
The patent battle between Apple and Nokia escalated Friday, as Apple made a request in a complaint filed with the International Trade Commission to block imports of Nokia cell phones to the US.
In December, Nokia filed its own complaint with the USITC in Washington. In it, the Finnish company alleged that Apple infringes seven Nokia patents "in virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, and computers" and sought to ban imports of Apple's iPhone, iPod, and MacBook products.
Responding to Apple's latest move, Nokia spokesman Mark Durrant told Bloomberg that "Nokia will study the complaint when it is received and continue to defend itself vigorously. However this does not alter the fact that Apple has failed to agree appropriate terms for using Nokia technology and has been seeking a free ride on Nokia's innovation since it shipped the first iPhone in 2007."
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