Business News Desk!!! Nokia has sued Amazon and HP for patent infringement, saying both companies have illegally used Nokia’s video-related technology in their services and devices and demanding compensation. Nokia New Segment’s chief licensing officer Arvin Patel said in a blog post that it has initiated legal action against Amazon for unauthorized use of Nokia’s video-related technology in its streaming service and devices.
Cases against Amazon have been filed in the US, Germany, India, the UK and the European Unified Patent Court. “Amazon Prime Video and Amazon’s streaming devices infringe Nokia’s multimedia patents, including video compression,” Patel said late Tuesday. Separately, Nokia filed cases in the US against HP for unauthorized use of Nokia’s patented video-related technologies in its devices.
Since 2017, Nokia has terminated or extended more than 250 licenses, including amicable licenses with Apple and Samsung, and launched only 6 litigation campaigns. “We have been dealing with Amazon and HP for many years,” Patel said. There are discussions with both, but sometimes litigation is the only way to respond to companies that choose not to play by the rules others follow and respect. Amazon and HP have benefited greatly from Nokia’s multimedia innovations.
Since 2000, Nokia has invested more than 140 billion euros (and more than 4.5 billion euros last year alone) in R&D for cutting-edge technologies, including cellular and multimedia. Patel explained, “We have The technologies have one of the strongest patent portfolios in the world and it is not wrong to say that the industry is driven by these inventions.” Nokia is now demanding compensation, royalties for the use of its technologies which we call next generation multimedia technologies. “Litigation is never our first choice,” the company said. Our priority is to reach amicable agreements with companies that rely on our technology, and our doors remain open to constructive, good-faith negotiations.”
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