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Nokia Sues Apple Over iPhone Tech Patents
The world's biggest mobile phone maker accused Apple of "attempting to get a free ride on the back of Nokia's innovation".
The phone company said in a statement: "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."Nokia filed the complaint against Apple, which relates to 10 patents, with the Federal District Court in Delaware in the US.
Earlier this month Nokia posted its first quarterly loss in a decade amid falling sales.
Analysts said the poor results were partly due to the growing popularity of Apple's iPhone and RIM's Blackberry over Nokia models.
Nokia said it has spent 40 billion euros (£36 billion) in research and development over the past two decades.
"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," Nokia said.
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