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界最大的手机生产商诺基亚公司(Nokia Corp.)对苹果公司(Apple Inc.)提出了专利侵权指控。苹果的iPhone手机是最热卖的智能手机产品。诺基亚公司向美国特拉华州联邦法院提起的诉讼指控说，iPhone侵犯了其10项专利。诺基亚说，这些专利涉及的技术对于使手机能够联通到世界上最普遍使用的无线通讯网络起着重要作用。
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诺基亚负责法律和知识产权事务的副总裁拉纳斯托(Ilkka Rahnasto)说，由于苹果公司拒绝以适当条件使用诺基亚的知识产权，它实际是在试图免费使用诺基亚的创新成果。
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诺基亚说，它的研发支出已经达到400亿欧元(合600亿美元)。该公司还说，它指控苹果公司侵权的这些专利涉及无线数据、语音编码、安全和加密，iPhone自2007年推出以来的所有机型都侵犯了这些专利。
诺基亚在起诉中未要求法庭下达阻止iPhones手机发货的禁止令。诺基亚和其他科技业巨头都参加了技术标准制定工作，他们都承诺会在"公平合理"的基础上对专利授权，这种业内做法往往会打消起诉方要求法庭下达这类禁止令的想法。
诺基亚在起诉中要求法庭判苹果公司为其侵犯诺基亚专利权的行为向后者提供损害赔偿，并禁止苹果在向诺基亚支付费用前继续使用这些专利。起诉书中没有提及明确的赔偿数额。
Ian Edmondson / Yukari Iwatani Kane
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Nokia Corp. (NOK), the world's biggest cellphone maker, leveled patent-infringement charges against Apple Inc. (AAPL), whose iPhone is the hottest product in the smart-phone category.
Nokia filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Delaware, alleging that the iPhone infringes 10 patents that cover technologies Nokia said are essential for connecting cellphones to the most widely used wireless networks.
The Finnish company said it has persuaded 40 other cellphone makers to license its patents, including nearly all the leading phone vendors. But Nokia indicated that talks with Apple haven't been successful.
'By refusing to agree to appropriate terms for Nokia's intellectual property, Apple is attempting to get a free ride on the back of Nokia's innovation,' said Ilkka Rahnasto, Nokia's vice president for legal and intellectual property.
An Apple spokesman declined to comment.
Nokia said it has spent EUR40 billion ($60 billion) in research and development. It added that the patents at issue cover wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption and affect all Apple iPhone models shipped since the product was introduced in 2007.
The lawsuit doesn't seek an injunction that would block iPhones shipments. Nokia and other technology giants took part in standard-setting processes that commit participants to license their patents on a 'fair and reasonable' basis, an industry practice that tends to discourage such injunctions.
The suit asks the court to award Nokia compensation and damages for the alleged use of its patents, and subsequently to enjoin Apple from infringing its patents until it has paid Nokia. The suit didn't specify any dollar amounts.
Ian Edmondson / Yukari Iwatani Kane
Nokia filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Delaware, alleging that the iPhone infringes 10 patents that cover technologies Nokia said are essential for connecting cellphones to the most widely used wireless networks.
The Finnish company said it has persuaded 40 other cellphone makers to license its patents, including nearly all the leading phone vendors. But Nokia indicated that talks with Apple haven't been successful.
'By refusing to agree to appropriate terms for Nokia's intellectual property, Apple is attempting to get a free ride on the back of Nokia's innovation,' said Ilkka Rahnasto, Nokia's vice president for legal and intellectual property.
An Apple spokesman declined to comment.
Nokia said it has spent EUR40 billion ($60 billion) in research and development. It added that the patents at issue cover wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption and affect all Apple iPhone models shipped since the product was introduced in 2007.
The lawsuit doesn't seek an injunction that would block iPhones shipments. Nokia and other technology giants took part in standard-setting processes that commit participants to license their patents on a 'fair and reasonable' basis, an industry practice that tends to discourage such injunctions.
The suit asks the court to award Nokia compensation and damages for the alleged use of its patents, and subsequently to enjoin Apple from infringing its patents until it has paid Nokia. The suit didn't specify any dollar amounts.
Ian Edmondson / Yukari Iwatani Kane
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