Nokia expands patent dispute with HTC for the HTC One - ZDNet.de

Nokia has filed another patent lawsuit against HTC in the U.S. District Court for the Southern California in San Diego. The Finnish mobile phone manufacturer claims that the Taiwanese competitors to infringe three rights through its smartphones, including the flagship model HTC One counts. HTC is also concerned with the first, which was delivered as the first mobile phone with Facebook home – an app collection, which like its own user interface on Android sets.

three U.S. patents are obviously closely related, as the identical heading “terminal, method and computer program product for interacting with a signaling tag” reveals. An additional complaint filed Nokia simultaneously with the International Trade Commission of the United States (ITC), which is intended to refer to other, not yet publicly called rights.

The two new lawsuits involve nine patents, so that Nokia now courts dealt with the alleged violation of 50 rights worldwide. Recently it became successful, especially in courts in Germany and the Netherlands. The hearing to another ITC complaint against HTC, Nokia has also filed to begin this month.

“Nokia

has more lawsuits filed in the U.S. in which it alleges that HTC products infringe additional Nokia patents,” Nokia told ZDNet.com. “We have 2012 suits against HTC is trying to stop the unauthorized use of our proprietary innovations and technologies. Since then, HTC has not shown any intention of wanting to change his behavior, although German courts confirmed violations of HTC products against Nokia’s patents. “Instead, HTC has tried to shift responsibility to its suppliers. “We have taken this further steps to make HTC responsible for his actions.”

“If we get the official document, HTC will consider all legal options to protect our rights,” said the Taiwanese manufacturer on the lawsuit filed in San Diego.

[with material from ZDNet, News.com]

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