Qualcomm won a round in its patent battles with Nokia as the US International Trade Commission tossed out a lawsuit asking for Qualcomm’s chips to be barred from the United States, reports Reuters. The ITC said that the Nokia lawsuit was dropped due to pending arbitration and that the ITC is finished with this case. Nokia had alleged infringement of patents on technology that made its telephones smaller and more efficient. Nokia had requested the ITC bar the importation of the infringing chips. The arbitration petition was filed in April by Qualcomm, while ITC documents show the trade court opened its investigation into the Nokia suit in September. Qualcomm spokesman Rogers said to Reuters that Qualcomm finds Nokia not entitled to sue Qualcomm for patent infringement. There are more than a dozen lawsuits pending between Nokia and Qualcomm on three continents.
Wireless Federation » ITC denies Nokia lawsuit to seek Qualcomm chip ban (USA)
ITC denies Nokia lawsuit to seek Qualcomm chip ban (USA)
- November 23rd, 2007
- 2:22 pm
