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Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced that it has today filed a complaint
against Apple with the Federal District Court in Delaware, alleging
that Apple's iPhone infringes Nokia patents for GSM, UMTS and
wireless LAN (WLAN) standards.
As a leading innovator in wireless communications, Nokia has created
one of the strongest and broadest patent portfolios in the industry,
investing more than EUR 40 billion in R&D during the last two
decades. Much of this intellectual property, including the patents in
suit, has been declared essential to industry standards. Nokia has
already successfully entered into license agreements including these
patents with approximately 40 companies, including virtually all the
leading mobile device vendors, allowing the industry to benefit from
Nokia's innovation.
The ten patents in suit relate to technologies fundamental to making
devices which are compatible with one or more of the GSM, UMTS (3G
WCDMA) and wireless LAN standards. The patents cover wireless data,
speech coding, security and encryption and are infringed by all Apple
iPhone models shipped since the iPhone was introduced in 2007.
"The basic principle in the mobile industry is that those companies
who contribute in technology development to establish standards
create intellectual property, which others then need to compensate
for," said Ilkka Rahnasto, Vice President, Legal & Intellectual
Property at Nokia. "Apple is also expected to follow this principle.
By refusing to agree appropriate terms for Nokia's intellectual
property, Apple is attempting to get a free ride on the back 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 10,000
patent families. Nokia is a world leader in the development of GSM
technologies and its evolution to UMTS / 3G WCDMA as well as wireless
LAN, which is also demonstrated by Nokia's strong patent position in
these technologies.
About Nokia
Nokia is a pioneer in mobile telecommunications and the world's
leading maker of mobile devices. Today, we are connecting people in
new and different ways - fusing advanced mobile technology with
personalized services to enable people to stay close to what matters
to them. We also provide comprehensive digital map information
through NAVTEQ; and equipment, solutions and services for
communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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historical facts, including, without limitation, those regarding: A)
the timing of product, services and solution deliveries; B) our
ability to develop, implement and commercialize new products,
services, solutions and technologies; C) our ability to develop and
grow our consumer Internet services business; D) expectations
regarding market developments and structural changes; E) expectations
regarding our mobile device volumes, market share, prices and
margins; F) expectations and targets for our results of operations;
G) the outcome of pending and threatened litigation; H) expectations
regarding the successful completion of contemplated acquisitions on a
timely basis and our ability to achieve the set targets upon the
completion of such acquisitions; and I) statements preceded by
"believe," "expect," "anticipate," "foresee," "target," "estimate,"
"designed," "plans," "will" or similar expressions are
forward-looking statements. 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 deteriorating global economic
conditions and related financial crisis and their impact on us, our
customers and end-users of our products, services and solutions, our
suppliers and collaborative partners; 2) the development of the
mobile and fixed communications industry, as well as the growth and
profitability of the new market segments that we target and our
ability to successfully develop or acquire and market products,
services and solutions in those segments; 3) the intensity of
competition in the mobile and fixed communications industry and our
ability to maintain or improve our market position or respond
successfully to changes in the competitive landscape; 4)
competitiveness of our product, services and solutions portfolio; 5)
our ability to successfully manage costs; 6) exchange rate
fluctuations, including, in particular, fluctuations between the
euro, which is our reporting currency, and the US dollar, the
Japanese yen, the Chinese yuan and the UK pound sterling, as well as
certain other
currencies; 7) the success, financial condition and performance of
our suppliers, collaboration partners and customers; 8) our ability
to source sufficient amounts of fully functional components,
sub-assemblies, software and content without interruption and at
acceptable prices; 9) the impact of changes in technology and our
ability to develop or otherwise acquire and timely and successfully
commercialize complex technologies as required by the market; 10) the
occurrence of any actual or even alleged defects or other quality,
safety or security issues in our products, services and solutions;
11) the impact of changes in government policies, trade policies,
laws or regulations or political turmoil in countries where we do
business; 12) our success in collaboration arrangements with others
relating to development of technologies or new products, services and
solutions; 13) our ability to manage efficiently our manufacturing
and logistics, as well as to ensure the quality, safety, security and
timely delivery of our products, services and solutions; 14)
inventory management risks resulting from shifts in market demand;
15) 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, services and solutions; 16) 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; 17) any disruption to information
technology systems and networks that our operations rely on; 18)
developments under large, multi-year contracts or in relation to
major customers; 19) the management of our customer financing
exposure; 20) our ability to retain, motivate, develop and recruit
appropriately skilled employees; 21) whether, as a result of
investigations into alleged violations of law by some former
employees of Siemens AG ("Siemens"), government authorities or others
take further actions against Siemens and/or its employees that may
involve and affect the carrier-related assets and employees
transferred by Siemens to Nokia Siemens Networks, or there may be
undetected additional violations that may have occurred prior to the
transfer, or violations that may have occurred after the transfer, of
such assets and employees that could result in additional actions by
government authorities; 22) any impairment of Nokia Siemens Networks
customer relationships resulting from the ongoing government
investigations involving the Siemens carrier-related operations
transferred to Nokia Siemens Networks; 23) unfavorable outcome of
litigations; 24) allegations of possible health risks from
electromagnetic fields generated by base stations and mobile devices
and lawsuits related to them, regardless of merit; as well as the
risk factors specified on pages 11-28 of Nokia's annual report on
Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008 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.
Media Enquiries:
Nokia
Communications, North America
Tel. +1 972 894 4573
Email: communication.corp@nokia.com
Nokia
Communications
Tel. +358 7180 34900
Email: press.services@nokia.com
Nokia
Mark Durrant
Communications
Tel. +358 71800 8000
www.nokia.com
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