Nokia has had its appeal dismissed within the UK High Court in its Europe-wide patent battle against IPCom. The court found that the handset maker had infringed the German firm's 3G patent, but only at the Nokia N96 -- a phone the corporate not sells. IPCom can now request a ban on all British sales of the 2008 handset, a move that may probably affect tens of individuals. Now we have an official response from Nokia's Mark Durrant after the break.
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"Nokia is pleased that the united kingdom Appeal Court's ruling won't affect our ongoing sales inside the UK and would not affect the eu Patent Office's earlier decision to revoke all the patent family.
The decision of the EPO also revokes IPCom's UK patent, and the united kingdom Appeal Court's decision doesn't overturn the sooner UK High Court ruling that Nokia's current products don't infringe the patent. UK operators have also confirmed that the feature described within the patent hasn't ever been implemented of their UMTS/3G networks.
Since the united kingdom High Court's judgment in June 2011, further IPCom patents were found invalid, meaning now that of 63 IPCom patents that have thus far come to judgment, none was found valid as granted. Nokia believes that IPCom should recognize its position and end its unrealistic demands for what remains of this significantly diminished portfolio. Meanwhile, we'll continue to challenge other IPCom patents."
From WhatNewsToday.net
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