Qualcomm announces ITC's probe of Nokia
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Jul 11th 2006 at 7:18PM
Apparently, Qualcomm was serious when they asked Nokia to halt sales of GSM phones in the US a few weeks ago, triumphantly announcing that the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has now gotten in on the action. The ITC is looking into whether Nokia is in violation of the six patents Qualcomm claims them to be, presumably some of the same CDMA-related patents that have come up several times before -- patents that Nokia licenses for its CDMA handsets, but GSM and UMTS devices (which apparently tread on the same patent work) are not covered by the agreement. With Nokia potentially phasing out its CDMA business citing (in part) unfair licensing terms with Qualcomm, they don't exactly have the option of going the same route on the GSM front, so this battle looks set to play out to the bitter end. Meanwhile, we're going to start hoarding N93s in case things go south in a hurry.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Donald @ Jul 11th 2006 11:33PM
Nokia:RIM as Qualcomm:NTP
Filip @ Jul 12th 2006 6:44AM
Man, Qualcomm can be such an arse. :( First they get some money for licensing, next they sue you using that money they just got from you. *ironic* Nice, really nice.
Hmm... I guess black market sales of Nokia phones will be a winner in all of this, if Qual(Anti)comm wins the case.
Magnus @ Jul 12th 2006 1:30PM
Ha, Nokia could just solve this matter by buying Qualcomm. Expect heads to roll!
Paolo @ Jul 12th 2006 6:44PM
@Magnus haha that was funny nokia really should just buy them all out
but Qcom should DIE. they should keep their business where it should be : CDMA. they should just stay out of the GSM area. But unfortunatly even with UMTS Qcom still gets royalities for that. doesnt Qcom have enough money already? typical white corporate america. take the royalities and shove it up their asses