14 DAY TRIAL // It has been revealed that, in its December 29 filing with the International Trade Commission (ITC), Nokia seeks an immediate injunction that would ban the import of every Apple mobile product from the MacBook to the iPhone for infringing its patents.
More particularly, the Finnish cell-phone maker seeks to ban Apple products that use cameras, the screen-dimming technology, text-messaging capabilities, and more. Nokia claims Apple is infringing patents pertaining to GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN (WLAN) standards, but the list is longer.
According to 9to5Mac, some of the inventions allegedly stolen by Apple and implemented in its own products include "VCO with Programmable Output Power," issued in 2004; "Mobile Communication Device and Related Construction Method," issued in 2004; "Optimized Camera Sensor Architecture for a Mobile Telephone," granted in 2005; "Communications Device with Touch Sensitive Screen," from 2003; "Mobile Station with Touch Input Having Automatic Symbol Magnification Function," issued in 2000; "Utilizing the Contents of a Message," granted in 2001; and "User Interface Device," from 2005.
"The seven Nokia patents in this complaint relate to Nokia's pioneering innovations that are now being used by Apple to create key features in its products in the area of user interface, as well as camera, antenna and power management technologies," Nokia states. "These patented technologies are important to Nokia's success as they allow better user experience, lower manufacturing costs, smaller size and longer battery life for Nokia products."
On December 11th, Apple filed a countersuit claiming that Nokia was infringing 13 Apple patents, responding to the original accusations brought against it. The Mac maker included a statement by Bruce Sewell, Apple’s general counsel and senior vice president, who, at the time, said, "Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours."