Apple seeks to ban Nokia phones in U.S.

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 18 January 2010, 15:29 IST
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Apple seeks to ban Nokia phones in U.S.
Bangalore: Apple retaliated against Nokia's trade ban request by filing its own complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Apple wants to block import of Nokia's phones to the U.S. under the claim that they infringe Apple patents. Nokia insists it will "defend itself vigorously" against the complaint and reiterated its opinion that Apple is trying to benefit from Nokia-developed wireless technology, including aspects of 3G. As of now, several companies already have licenses from Nokia, but few have challenged the validity of the patents behind the techniques. "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," a spokesman said. Nokia's ITC complaint in December would, if won, entirely ban sales of most if not all iPhones, iPods and Macs in the U.S. Nokia's call for a trade ban in turn was a response to Apple countersuing Nokia; the response accused Nokia of suing only because it couldn't fairly compete in the smartphone space and that it was trying to profiteer from another's success. Critics have noted that purchasing trends have partly supported Apple's view, as Nokia has been steadily losing market share since the iPhone became available internationally, especially in its usual stronghold of Europe.

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