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Nokia versus Apple The patent battlefield as of 31 Mar 11

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The next 27 pages show how this conflict has escalated. Move by move. Thereafter, reference material.

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Move #1: Nokia files a suit against Apple with the US District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging the infringement of 10 patents it claims are essential to industry standards. In that case, Nokia would have made FRAND (fair, reasonable & non-discriminatory) non-discriminatory) licensing commitments concerning them.

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Move #2: Apple makes counterclaims against Nokia in Delaware, alleging the infringement of 13 patents.

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Move #3: Nokia bundles seven "implementation" patents (patents it claims are not essential not essential to standards, hence not subject not subject to FRAND commitments) and asserts them in a second Delaware suit as well as an ITC complaint.

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Move #4: Apple lodges a complaint with the ITC, alleging the infringement of 9 patents: 4 patents already asserted in counterclaims in the first Delaware suit, and 5 new ones.

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Move #5 19 Feb 10 Apple amends its counterclaims in the first Delaware suit

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Move #5: In the first Delaware suit, Apple Apple amends its counterclaims, dropping the 4 patents that its original counterclaims in this suit had in common with the ITC complaint lodged in January.

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Move #6 24 Feb 10 Apple makes counterclaims in the second Delaware suit

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Move #6: In the second Delaware suit, Apple makes counterclaims against Nokia asserting 9 patents: the ones to which its ITC complaint already related. Those 9 patents include 4 that Apple dropped from its counterclaims in the first Delaware suit f ive days earlier.

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Move #7 03 Mar 10 Delaware District Court orders stay for one of the two cases during ITC investigation

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Move #7: The District Court for the District of Delaware stays the second suit there (filed by Nokia, counterclaims made by Apple) while the ITC investigates complaints involving all of the patents asserted in that Delaware suit (7 Nokia patents, 9 Apple patents). The other Delaware suit continues.

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Move #8 26 Apr 10 ITC orders partial consolidation

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Move #8: The ITC orders a partial consolidation of Apple's complaint against Nokia into the investigation of Apple's complaint against HTC, merging only the five patents Apple asserts in its ITC complaints against both Nokia and HTC.

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Move #9 07 May 10 Nokia files new suit in Wisconsin (5 patents initially)

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Move #9: Nokia files a new suit in the Western District of Wisconsin, alleging the infringement of 5 patents. t c n i r i t s s i n D o c n i s r e t W s f e o W

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Move #10 28 Jun 10 Apple makes counterclaims in Wisconsin (7 patents)

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Move #10: Apple makes counterclaims in the Western District of Wisconsin, alleging the infringement of 7 patents.

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Move #11: Nokia drops the '735 patent from its ITC complaint. It still asserts that patent in a Delaware suit.

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Move #12: Apple amends its counterclaims in the Western District of Wisconsin, replaces one patent (of seven). The new '559 patent is a continuation of a divisional of the old (and dropped) '905 patent. The new one was granted about three weeks prior to this amendment.

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Move #13: Nokia amends its complaint in the Western District of Wisconsin, adds two new patents on top of the five previous ones.

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Move #14, part 2/2: Apple asserts 9 German patents against Nokia in a suit filed with the District Court of Dusseldorf, Germany. Those are the same European patents as the ones asserted in London.

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Move #15: Only three days after Apple filed its Dusseldorf lawsuit, Nokia makes counterclaims in the same court over (initially) (initially) 4 German patents.

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Move #18: In early November, media reports say that an ITC staff report dated 27 October didn't identify any infringement of valid patent claims by Nokia. That report related to only 4 of the 9 patents asserted by Apple t t f h m h r c oNokia: those that c i i i against r ewere asserted r l d e e e h gnot only d against Nokia but g n against HTC s d n s n ü n a'354). ('431, '599, '726, a M a D L The Administrative L Law Judge (ALJ) can still decide differently from the staff recommendation, which is just an opinion.

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Move #19, part 1/2: Apple drops 4 patents from ITC investigation no. 337-TA-710. 337-TA-710. 3 of those patents were asserted against Nokia (and HTC). The 3 patents relevant to Nokia 1 9 9 are the '867 patent...

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Move #19, part 2/2: ...and the '131 and RE'486 patents. All three patents are still asserted in a Delaware suit.

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United States District Court for the District of Delaware Case no. 1:09-cv-00791 -- complaint filed on 22 October 2009 Nokia Corporation (of Espoo, Finland) vs. Apple Inc. (of Cupertino, CA 95014) On 29 December 2009, Nokia filed another suit against the same defendant with the same court (case no. 1:09-cv-01002).

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Allegedly infringing products "products and services that comply with the GSM, UMTS, and/or IEEE 802.11 standards, including wireless communication devices such as the Apple iPhone, the Apple iPhone 3G, and Apple iPhone 3GS" (item 70 of the complaint; matrix below the list of asserted patents) Asserted patents (in order of appearance in the complaint) asserted by Nokia in original complaint; Nokia admits (F)RAND licensing commitments in connection with GSM/UMTS/IEEE 802.11 802.11 5,802, 5,802,465 465 ("465" ("465")) Data Data transm transmiss ission ion in a radio radio teleph telephone one networ network k 5,862, 5,862,178 178 ("17 ("178") 8") Method Method and and appar apparatu atus s for speech speech trans transmis missio sion n in a mobile mobile commun communica icatio tions ns syste system m 5,946,651 5,946,651 ("651") ("651") Speech Speech synthe synthesize sizerr employi employing ng post-p post-proces rocessing sing for enhan enhancing cing the quality quality of the the synthes synthesized ized speech speech 6,35 6,359, 9,90 904 4 ("90 ("904" 4")) Data Data tra trans nsfer fer in a mob mobil ile e tele teleph phon one e netw networ ork k 6,694, 6,694,135 135 ("135" ("135")) Measur Measureme ement nt repo report rt tran transmi smissi ssion on in a teleco telecommu mmunic nicati ations ons syste system m 6,775, 6,775,548 548 ("54 ("548") 8") Access Access chan channel nel for for reduc reduced ed acces access s delay delay in a tele telecom commun munica icatio tions ns syste system m 6,882, 6,882,727 727 ("727" ("727")) Method Method of cipher ciphering ing data data tran transmi smissi ssion on in a radi radio o sys system tem 7,00 7,009, 9,94 940 0 ("94 ("940" 0")) Inte Integr grit ity y che check ck in in a commu communi nica cati tion on sys syste tem m 7,092, 7,092,672 672 ("67 ("672") 2") Report Reporting ing cell cell meas measure uremen mentt results results in in a cellu cellular lar commun communica icatio tion n syste system m 7,403, 7,403,621 621 ("621" ("621")) Syste System m for for ensur ensuring ing crypte crypted d commun communica icatio tion n after after handov handover er


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United States District Court for the District of Delaware Case no. 1:09-cv-00791 -- complaint filed on 22 October 2009 -- continued from previous page Apple counterclaims (11 (11 December 2009 answer to complaint) Apple makes counterclaims against plaintiff Nokia Corporation (of Espoo, Finland) as well as its subsidiary Nokia Inc. (a Delaware corporation headquartered in Texas). Texas). Allegedly infringing products For 8 patents, Apple's infringement allegations relate to "Nokia handsets using the [specified] platforms, including but not limited to [the specified phone/s]". For 2 patents, the sole specifically accused product is the N900. For another 2 patents, the allegations relate to devices "having [USB or GSM] functionality, functionality, including but not limited to [specified product/s]". 1 patent allegedly reads on the Carbide.c++ development tool, with Apple broadly accusing "Carbide.c++, applications developed using Carbide.c++, and phones having applications developed using Carbide.C++" without specifying particular products (potentially that would be a very long list). On the next page there is a matrix providing an overview of the different infringement allegations and accused technologies, operating system platforms, and specified devices. Asserted patents (in order of appearance in the court filing)


asserted by Apple in counterclaims (part of answer to first amended complaint, dated 06 July 2010) 5,634,074 5,634,074 ("074") ("074") Serial Serial I/O I/O device device identi identifies fies itself itself to a computer computer throu through gh a serial serial interfa interface ce during during power power on reset then it is being configured by the computer 6,343, 6,343,263 263 ("263" ("263")) Real-t Real-time ime sign signal al proce processi ssing ng sys system tem for for serial serially ly tran transmi smitte tted d data data removed in first amended answer to complaint, filed on 19 February 2010; previously asserted in ITC complaint (Investigation no. 337-TA-704) and subsequently in case 1:09-cv-01002 5,915,131 5,915,131 ("131") ("131") Method Method and apparatus apparatus for handli handling ng I/O I/O requests requests utilizing utilizing separate separate programming programming interfaces interfaces to access access separate I/O services removed in first amended answer to complaint, filed on 19 February 2010; previously asserted in ITC complaint (Investigation no. 337-TA-704) and subsequently in case 1:09-cv-01002 5,555, 5,555,369 369 ("369" ("369")) Method Method of crea creatin ting g packag packages es for for a point pointerer-bas based ed comp compute uterr syste system m 6,239, 6,239,795 795 ("795" ("795")) Patter Pattern n and and color color abstra abstracti ction on in in a grap graphic hical al user user inter interfac face e 5,315, 5,315,703 703 ("703" ("703")) Object Object-or -orien iented ted notifi notificat cation ion framew framework ork syste system m 6,189,034 6,189,034 ("034") ("034") Method Method and apparatus apparatus for dynamic dynamic launching launching of a teleconfer teleconferencin encing g applica application tion upon receipt receipt of of a call call 7,469,381 7,469,381 ("381") ("381") List scrolling scrolling and document document transl translation ation,, scaling scaling and rotation rotation on a touch-scre touch-screen en displa display y RE39,486 RE39,486 ("RE4 ("RE486") 86") Extensible Extensible,, replacea replaceable ble networ network k component component system system removed in first amended answer to complaint, filed on 19 February 2010; previously asserted in ITC complaint (Investigation no. 337-TA-704) and subsequently in case 1:09-cv-01002 5,45 5,455, 5,85 854 4 ("8 ("854 54") ") Obje Object ct-o -ori rien ente ted d tel telep epho hone ne syst system em 7,383,453 7,383,453 ("453") ("453") Conservin Conserving g power power by reducing reducing voltag voltage e supplie supplied d to an instruct instructionion-proce processing ssing portion portion of a processo processor r 5,848, 5,848,105 105 ("10 ("105") 5") GMSK GMSK signal signal proc process essors ors for for improv improved ed commun communica icatio tions ns capac capacity ity and qual quality ity 5,379, 5,379,431 431 ("431" ("431")) Boot Boot framew framework ork arch archite itectu cture re for for dynam dynamic ic stag staged ed initi initial al prog program ram load load removed in first amended answer to complaint, filed on 19 February 2010; previously asserted in ITC complaint (Investigation no. 337-TA-704) and subsequently in case 1:09-cv-01002

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Apple counterclaims (24 February 2010 answer to complaint) On 24 February 2010, Apple made counterclaims in its answer to Nokia's complaint. The accused products and asserted patents are identical to allegations made in Apple's ITC c omplaint of 15 February 2010 (investigation no. 337-TA-704). Those products and patents are listed in the section on ITC investigation no. 337-TA-704. 337-TA-704.


United States International Trade Commission Investigation no. 337-TA-701 on "certain electronic products, including mobile phones, portable music players, and computers" -- complaint filed on 29 December 2009 Nokia Corporation (of Espoo, Finland) and Nokia Inc. (of White Plains, NY 10604) vs. Apple Inc. (of Cupertino, CA 95014) On 25 March 2011, the Administrative Law Judge investigating this complaint makes a "final initial determination" against the complaint. However, However, the Commission can r eview and overturn this decision until 01 August 2011. Allegedly infringing products "certain electronic devices, including, but not limited to Apple's iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch, Touch, iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iMac, Mac Pro, Mac Mini, MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air" (item 9 of the complaint; see the matrix below the list of patents) Asserted patents (in order of appearance in the complaint)


asserted by Nokia in original complaint; "implementation patents" (no standards-related FRAND commitments) according to Nokia 6,71 6,714, 4,09 091 1 ("0 ("091 91") ") VCO* VCO* with with prog progra ramma mmabl ble e out outpu putt pow power er 6,834, 6,834,181 181 ("181" ("181")) Mobile Mobile commun communica icatio tion n devic device e and and relat related ed cons constru tructi ction on meth method od 6,895, 6,895,256 256 ("256" ("256")) Optimi Optimize zed d camer camera a senso sensorr archi architec tectur ture e for for a mobi mobile le teleph telephone one 6,518, 6,518,957 957 ("957" ("957")) Commun Communica icatio tions ns device device with with touch touch sensit sensitive ive screen screen 6,073, 6,073,036 036 ("036 ("036") ") Mobile Mobile stati station on with with touch touch input input having having autom automati atic c symbol symbol magni magnific ficati ation on functi function on (removed from ITC complaint -- but not from Delaware suit -- by partial termination on 08 December 2010, further to an unopposed Nokia motion filed on 06 December 2010; two prior Nokia motions were denied) 6,26 6,262, 2,73 735 5 ("7 ("735 35") ") Util Utiliz izin ing g the the cont conten ents ts of a mes messa sage ge (removed from ITC complaint -- but not from Delaware suit -- by partial termination on 21 July 2010) 6,92 6,924, 4,78 789 9 ("78 ("789" 9")) User User inte interf rfac ace e devi device ce * VCO stands for "voltage-controlled "voltage-controlled oscillator"

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United States International Trade Commission Investigation no. 337-TA-704 on "certain mobile communications and computer devices and components thereof" -- complaint filed on 15 January 2010 Apple Inc. (of Cupertino, CA 95014) vs. Nokia Corp. (of Espoo, Finland) and Nokia Inc. (of White Plains, NY 10604) On 26 April 2010, the ITC ordered a partial consolidation (of 5 of the 9 patents) into another investiation (in which they were previously also asserted against HTC). Allegedly infringing products "mobile communications devices (including smartphones, personal digital assistants ('PDAs'), and other handheld communication devices" (item 3 of complaint) "The technologies at issue in the '431, '867, '131, '70S, '354, and RE '486 patents relate to software architectures, frameworks, and implementations, including various aspects of software used to im plement operating systems. The technologies at issue in the '599 patent relate to a graphic system and corresponding management of graphic processing. The technologies at issue in the '726 and '263 patents relate to hardware interfaces and power management techniques." (item 14 of complaint) "The Accused Products include computing and mobile communication devices, including but not limited to computers, cellular phones, and PDAs manufactured, marketed, and/or sold by Nokia in the United States. The Accused Products also include software and Nokia devices (such as the Nokia N900 and others) that incorporate such software including operating systems (such as the Symbian OS), user interfaces, as well as other software (such as the Qt sof tware), designed for use on, and intended to be loaded onto, such devices." (item 15 of complaint) "Exemplary Accused Accused Nokia Symbian Products include the N97 m ini, N97, N95, N86, N85, N79, 5800 XpressMusic, 5800 Navigation Edition, E75, E72, E71x, E71, E66 and the E63." (item 16 of complaint) "Exemplary Accused Accused Nokia S40 Products include the 7610 Supernova, 3600 Slide, and the 2760." (item 17 of complaint)


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United States International Trade Commission Investigation no. 337-TA-704 on "certain mobile communications and computer devices and components thereof" -- complaint filed on 15 January 2010 -- continued from previous page Partial consolidation On 26 Apr 2010, the ITC ordered the partial consolidation of this case into investigation no. 337-TA-710. 337-TA-710. As a result, Nokia Corp. (of Espoo, Finland) and Nokia Inc. (of White Plains, NY 10604) have to defend themselves alongside HTC against allegations of infringement of five patents (the '867, '131, '705, '263 and RE486 patents). An unopposed Apple Apple motion for partial termination on 28 Oct 2010 (relating to four patents, three of which were subject to partial consolidation) reduced that subset of patents to two (the '705 and '263 patents). Information concerning HTC's allegedly infringing products is provided in a document covering Apple's disputes with Motorola and HTC. Patents/products matrix Symbian Products N97, N97 mini, N95, N86, N85, N79, 5800 Xpress Music, 5800 Navigation Edition, E75, E72, E71x, E71, E66, E63

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Staff report In early November 2010, media reports claimed that the staff of the ITC (or more precisely, precisely, of its Office of Unfair Import Investigations) had stated in a memorandum dated 27 October 2010 that "the evidence will not establish a violation ... as to any of the asserted patents." However, However, the investigating staff is merely a party to the proceeding, and the Administrative Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) assigned to the case is free to decide against the staff recommendation. That has, in fact, happened in a number of cases. Also, FOSS Patents pointed out that the staff report related only to only to the four patents four patents remaining in investigation no. 337-TA-704, not to the five patents consolidated into investigation no. 337-TA-710. 337-TA-710.


United States International Trade Commission Investigation no. 337-TA-710 on "certain personal data and mobile communications devices and related software" -- complaint filed on 02 March 2010 Apple Inc. and NeXT Software (both of Cupertino, CA 95014) vs. High Tech Computer Corp. (of Taiwan), HTC America, Inc. (of Bellevue, WA 98005), 98005), Exedea Inc. (of Houston, TX 77036), and as a result of partial consolidation, Nokia Corp. (of Espoo, Finland) and Nokia Inc. (of White Plains, NY 10604). Partial consolidation stated further below (added Nokia Corp. and Nokia Inc. as defendants). Allegedly infringing Nokia products On the previous page, a matrix shows the accused products for all patents originally asserted by Apple against Nokia in the ITC complaint that gave rise to ITC investigation no. 337-TA-704, including including the five patents partially consolidated consolidated into this proceeding. Asserted patents (in order of appearance in documents filed with the ITC)


asserted by Apple in original complaint -- patents asserted only against HTC but not Nokia are green in the list below: 5,481,72 5,48 1,721 1 ("721") ("721") Method Meth od for for providi providing ng automa automatic tic and and dynamic dynamic trans translatio lation n of objec objectt oriente oriented d programmi programming ng langua language-ba ge-based sed message passing into operating system message passing using proxy objects 5,51 5,519, 9,86 867 7 ("86 ("867" 7")) Obje Object ct-o -ori rien ente ted d mult multit itas askin king g syst system emdropped dropped as a result of Apple motion of 28 Oct 2010 6,27 6, 275, 5,98 983 3 ("9 ("983 83") ") Obje Ob ject ct-o -ori rien ente ted d ope opera rati ting ng sy syst stem em 5,566, 5,5 66,337 337 ("33 ("337") 7") Method Met hod and and appa apparat ratus us for for distri distribut buting ing eve events nts in in an oper operati ating ng syste system m 5,929, 5,9 29,852 852 ("85 ("852") 2") Encaps Enc apsula ulated ted netw network ork enti entity ty refer referenc ence e of a netwo network rk compon component ent sys system tem dropped as a result of Apple motion of 28 Oct 2010 5,946,64 5,94 6,647 7 ("647" ("647")) System Sys tem and metho method d for for perfor performing ming an actio action n on on a structu structure re in in compute computer-gen r-generate erated d data data 5,969,70 5,969,705 5 ("705") ("705") Message Message protoc protocol ol for for control controlling ling a user user interf interface ace from an inacti inactive ve appli applicatio cation n program program dropped as a result of Apple motion of 22 Feb 2011 2011 6,343, 6,343,263 263 ("26 ("263") 3") Real-t Real-time ime sign signal al proce processi ssing ng syste system m for seri seriall ally y trans transmitt mitted ed data data 5,915,13 5,915,131 1 ("131") ("131") Method Method and and apparatu apparatus s for handli handling ng I/O requests requests utiliz utilizing ing separat separate e programmi programming ng interfa interfaces ces to access separate separate I/O service dropped as a result of Apple motion of 28 Oct 2010 RE39,486 RE39,486 ("RE48 ("RE486") 6") Extensibl Extensible, e, replacea replaceable ble networ network k component component system systemdropped dropped as a result of Apple motion of 28 Oct 2010 Partial consolidation On 26 Apr 2010, the ITC ordered the partial consolidation of case no. 337-TA-704 337-TA-704 into this one. As a result, Nokia Corp. (of Espoo, Finland) and Nokia Inc. (of White Plains, NY 10604) have to defend themselves alongside HTC against allegations of infringement of five patents (the '867, '131, '705, '263 and RE486 patents). An unopposed Apple motion for partial termination on 28 Oct 2010 (relating to four patents, three of which were subject to partial consolidation) reduced that subset of patents to two (the '705 and '263 patents), and an unopposed Apple motion for partial termination on 22 Feb 2011 (relating to the '705 patent) reduces it to only one (the '263 patent). Information concerning HTC's allegedly infringing products is provided in a document covering Apple's disputes with HTC (and Motorola).

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United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin Case no. 1:10-cv-00249 -- complaint filed on 07 May 2010 -later transferred to United States District Court for the District of Delaware -Case no. 1:11-cv-00015

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On 04 January 2011, the court granted Apple's motion to transfer this case to the District of Delaware (case no. 1:11-cv-00015). Nokia Corporation (of Espoo, Finland) vs. Apple Inc. (of Cupertino, CA 95014)

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Allegedly infringing products "one or more products and services, including wireless communication devices such as the Apple iPhone, Apple Apple iPhone 3G, Apple iPhone 3GS, and Apple iPad 3G." (item 24 of the complaint) "one or more products and services, including wireless communication devices such as the Apple iPhone, Apple Apple iPhone 3G, Apple iPhone 3GS, Apple iPhone 4, Apple iPad, Apple iPad 3G, Apple iPod Touch, Touch, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, and Apple MacBook Air" (item 28 of the first amended complaint) Asserted patents (in order of appearance in the complaint) asserted by Nokia in original complaint; no FRAND commitments mentioned 6,317,083 6,317,083 ("083") ("083") Antenna Antenna havin having g a feed feed and and a shorting shorting post post connec connected ted between between refere reference nce plan plan and plana planarr conducto conductor r interacting to form a transmission line 6,34 6,348, 8,89 894 4 ("8 ("894 94") ") Radi Radio o fre frequ quen ency cy ante antenn nna a 6,373, 6,373,345 345 ("345" ("345")) Modula Modulator tor struct structure ure for a tran transmi smitte tterr and and mobi mobile le stat station ion 6,603, 6,603,431 431 ("431" ("431")) Mobile Mobile statio station n and and ante antenna nna arrang arrangeme ement nt in in mobil mobile e stati station on 7,55 7,558, 8,69 696 6 ("696 ("696") ") Meth Method od and and dev devic ice e for pos posit itio ion n deter determi mina nati tion on © 2011 by Florian Mueller http://fosspatents.blogspot.com Twitter: @FOSSpatents

additionally asserted asserted by Nokia in first amended complaint of 17 September 2010; no FRAND comm itments mentioned 7,53 7,532, 2,68 680 0 ("68 ("680" 0")) Mult Multii-mo mode de rad radio io fre frequ quen ency cy tra trans nsmi mitt tter er 5,752,172 5,752,172 ("172") ("172") Distribute Distributed d transmi transmitter tter output output power power control control circuit circuit and method method for for a radio telephon telephone e

S 3 G / 3 G 3 4 o n e h o n e h o n e P a d P i i P h i P i "The Modulator Patent"

'345

"The Positioning Patent"

'696 '083

"The Antenna Patents"

'894 '431

"The Power Amplification Patents"

'680 '172

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United States District Court Court for the for the Western District of of Wisconsin Case no. 1:10-cv-00249 -- complaint filed on 07 May 2010 -later transferred to United States District Court for the District of Delaware -Case no. 1:11-cv-00015 -- continued from previous page Apple counterclaims Apple makes counterclaims against plaintiff Nokia Corporation (of Espoo, Finland) as well as its subsidiary Nokia Inc. (a Delaware corporation headquartered in Texas). Texas). Allegedly infringing products N97, N900, N8, "Nokia mobile phones running Nokia’s Ovi Maps software", "applications and system software developed using the Nokia Qt Service Framework" Asserted patents (in order of appearance in the court filing) asserted by Apple in counterclaims (part of answer to original complaint, dated 28 June 2010) 5,946,647 5,946,647 ("647") ("647") System System and and method method for for performi performing ng an action action on on a structure structure in computer-g computer-genera enerated ted data 5,612, 5,612,719 719 ("719" ("719")) Gestur Gesture e sens sensiti itive ve button buttons s for for grap graphic hical al user user interf interface aces s 7,710, 7,710,290 290 ("29 ("290") 0") Syste System m and method method for for situati situationa onall locatio location n releva relevant nt invoc invocabl able e speed speed refer referenc ence e 7,380, 7,380,1 116 ("1 ("116") 16") Syste System m for real real-ti -time me adapt adaptati ation on to chan changes ges in in displa display y config configura uratio tion n 7,054,981 7,054,981 ("981") ("981") Method Method and and appara apparatus tus for provi providing ding automatic automatic high speed data connectio connection n in portable portable device device 5,37 5,379, 9,43 430 0 ("43 ("430" 0")) Obje Object ct-o -ori rien ente ted d syst system em loc locat ator or pat paten entt 7,355,905 7,355,905 ("905") ("905") Integrate Integrated d circuit circuit with with separa separate te supply supply voltage voltage for for memory memory that that is differe different nt from from logic logic circuit circuit supply supply voltage voltage as a result of Apple's 1st amended answer to original complaint, replaced with newer patent of the same title


additionally asserted asserted by Apple in counterclaims (part of first amended answer to original complaint, dated 16 August 2010) 5,946,647 5,946,647 ("647") ("647") Integrate Integrated d circuit circuit with with separa separate te supply supply voltage voltage for for memory memory that that is differe different nt from from logic logic circuit circuit supply supply voltage voltage a continuation of a divisional of the replaced '905 patent, issued on 20 July 2010

7 N 9 "User Interface Patents" "Location-Based Software Patent" "Device Interface Patents" "Operating System Patent"

'647 '719 '290 '116 '981 '430

"Integrated Circuit Patent" '559 '905

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High Court of England and Wales (UK High Court of Justice), Chancery Division Case no. HC10CO3053 -- complaint filed on 27 September 2010 Apple announced this suit against Nokia. It is not known at this stage which entities belonging to the two groups (parent companies, local subsidiaries) are parties to the suit. On 18 January 2011 Apple also filed a (purely defensive) declaratory judgment suit against one Nokia patent, case no. HC11C00093. HC11C00093.

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Allegedly infringing products The list of accused Nokia products is not available at this stage. Accused Apple products include iPhone, iPad and iPod touch (it is not known at this stage which particular versions and editions of those products are accused). Asserted patents (in order of appearance in the court filing) Patents asserted by Apple in its original complaint on 27 September 2010 Nokia told the Bloomberg news agency that the patents asserted by Apple in this case are "nine implementation patents already in suit between the two companies in the U.S." and stated in its FY 2010 report that they are the same as the ones asserted in Düsseldorf. Patents asserted by Nokia in its counterclaims filed on 03 December 2010 The list of patents asserted by Nokia is not available at this stage. Nokia said in a press release that this filing covers "4 Nokia patents related to touch user interface, on-device app stores, signal noise suppression and modulator structures."

Landgericht Düsseldorf (District Court of Dusseldorf, Germany), 4b. Zivilkammer Case no. unknown -- complaint filed on 27 September 2010 © 2011 by Florian Mueller http://fosspatents.blogspot.com Twitter: @FOSSpatents

Apple sued Nokia. It is not known at this stage which entities belonging to the two groups (parent companies, local subsidiaries) are parties to the suit. On or before 16 December 2010, Nokia countersued Apple Apple in this court. The court decided to treat the claims related to each patent as a separate case. Hearings are scheduled for different dates between 26 January 2012 and 17 April 2012. Allegedly infringing products The list of accused products is not available at this stage. Apple's complaint requests an injunction against any or all patents infringing the asserted patents Asserted patents (in order of appearance in the court filing) Patents asserted by Apple in its original complaint on 27 September 2010 EP 0 664 664 021 021 Menu Menu syst syste em (co (corr rre espon spond ds to to US US Pa Paten tent 6, 6,424, 24,354 354) EP 0 760 760 131 131 Meth Method od and and app appar arat atus us for for dis distr trib ibut utin ing g even events ts in in an ope opera rati ting ng sys syste tem m (US (US Pate Patent nt 5,5 5,566 66,3 ,337 37)) EP 0 760 760 126 126 Patt Patter ern n and and colo colorr abst abstra ract ctio ion n in in a gra graph phic ical al use userr inte interf rfac ace e (US (US Pate Patent nt 5,9 5,963 63,2 ,206 06)) EP 0 760 760 122 Switch Switchin ing g betw between een appear appearanc ance/b e/beha ehavio viorr them themes es in graphi graphical cal user user inte interfa rfaces ces (US Patent Patent 6,731, 6,731,310 310)) EP 0 769 769 172 172 Meth Method od and and app appar arat atus us for for han handl dlin ing g I/O I/O requ reques ests ts (US (US Pat Paten entt 5,9 5,915 15,1 ,131 31)) EP 0 727 727 076 076 Obje Object ct-o -ori rien ente ted d gra graph phic ic syst system em (US (US Pate Patent nt 5,45 5,455, 5,59 599) 9) EP 0 664 664 027 027 Prog Progra ram m mod model eliing syst syste em (US (US Pate Patent nt 5,3 5,325, 25,533) 533) EP 0 719 719 487 487 Obje Object ct-o -ori rien ente ted d tel telep epho hony ny syst system em (US (US Pat Paten entt 5,4 5,455 55,8 ,854 54)) EP 1 964 964 022 022 Unlo Unlock ckin ing g a dev devic ice e by perf perfor ormi ming ng ges gestu ture res s on an unl unloc ock k imag image e (US (US Pate Patent nt 7,6 7,657 57,8 ,849 49))

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Landgericht Düsseldorf (District Court of Dusseldorf, Germany), 4b. Zivilkammer Case no. 4b O 195/10 -- complaint or counterclaims filed on 30 September and 12 October 2010

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Nokia countersued Apple. Previously Previously,, Apple filed a suit against Nokia in the same court. It is not known at this stage which entities belonging to the two groups (parent companies, local subsidiaries) are parties to the suit, and whether Nokia filed a separate suit with the same court or made counterclaims in the one instigated by Apple. Apple.

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Allegedly infringing products Accused Apple products include iPhone, iPad and iPod touch (it is not known at this stage which particular versions and editions of those products are accused). Asserted patents (in order of appearance in the court filing) Nokia stated in a press release that this filing covers "7 Nokia patents related to touch user interface, antenna structures, messaging functionality and chipsets."

Landgericht Mannheim (District Court of Mannheim, Germany), 7. Zivilkammer Case no. 7 O 222/10 -- complaint filed on 25 October 2010 Nokia sued Apple; Apple made counterclaims. It is not k nown at this stage which entities belonging to the two groups (parent companies, local subsidiaries) are parties to the suit. Allegedly infringing products Accused Apple products include iPhone, iPad and iPod touch (it is not known at this stage which particular versions and editions of those products are accused). It is now known at this stage which products Apple accused in its counterclaims. © 2011 by Florian Mueller http://fosspatents.blogspot.com Twitter: @FOSSpatents

Asserted patents (in order of appearance in the court filing) Nokia stated in a press release that this filing covers "5 Nokia patents related to on-device app stores, caller ID, display illumination and the integration of multiple radios." In its counterclaims of 03 December 2010, Apple asserted one patent and two German utility models (patent-like rights granted in a f ast-track procedure with very limited examination).

Rechtbank 's-Gravenhage (District Court of The Hague, The Netherlands) Case no. KG RK 10-3054 -- complaint filed on 03 December 2010 Nokia Corporation vs. Apple Inc., Apple Sales International, Apple Holding BV, Apple Benelux BV, Apple Netherlands BV (initially iTunes iTunes SARL was also named as a defendant, but it was dropped later) Allegedly infringing products Accused Apple products include iPhone, iPad and iPod touch (it is not known at this stage which particular versions and editions of those products are accused). Asserted patents (in order of appearance in the court filing) Nokia stated in a press release that this filing covers "2 Nokia patents related to signal noise suppression and data card functionality." functionality."


United States International Trade Commission Complaint concerning "certain electronic devices, including mobile phones, mobile tablets, portable music players, and computers, and components thereof" -- complaint filed on 28 March 2011 Nokia Corporation (of Espoo, Finland), Nokia Inc. and Intellisync Corporation (both of White Plains, NY 10604) vs. Apple Inc. (of Cupertino, CA 95014) On 28 March 2011, Nokia lodged this (second) ITC complaint against Apple. Allegedly infringing products "Apple's imported electronic devices and components thereof, including all iPhones, iPod Touches, iPads, and iMac, Mac Mini, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air computers" (item 3 of the complaint; see the matrix below the list of patents) Asserted patents (in order of appearance in the complaint) asserted by Nokia in original complaint (no indication of standards-related FRAND commitments) 7,20 7,209, 9,91 911 1 ("91 ("911") 1") Sync Synchr hron oniz izat atio ion n of data databa base ses s using using filt filter ers s 6,21 6,212, 2,52 529 9 ("529 ("529") ") Sync Synchr hron oniz izat atio ion n of data databa base ses s using using filt filter ers s 6,14 6,141, 1,66 664 4 ("664 ("664") ") Sync Synchr hron oniz izat atio ion n of data databa base ses s with with dat data a range range 7,55 7,558, 8,69 696 6 ("696 ("696") ") Meth Method od and and dev devic ice e for pos posit itio ion n deter determi mina nati tion on 6,44 6,445, 5,93 932 2 ("93 ("932" 2")) Mult Multii-se serv rvic ice e mobi mobile le stat statio ion n 5,898, 5,898,740 740 ("740" ("740")) Power Power contr control ol metho method d in a cell cellula ularr commun communica icatio tion n syste system m and a receiv receiver er 7,319,874 7,319,874 ("874") ("874") Dual mode terminal terminal for for accessi accessing ng a cellular cellular network network direct directly ly or via via a wireless wireless Internet Internet

* s e r s t e T n u o & s s p r z T m s e e e r i z e r s p u t o k c o o r A o c h e p u t e f o r V o d s u m o s f o o o e * all MacBook, MacBook Pro, c m s n / P P a d s P o d T e 4 d s i a c B c o M a c n e i P h o n MacBook Air computers o o M c i i a l l a l l a l l a l l i P a a l l i P h i P h M a


'911 '529 '664 '696 '932 '740 '874

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United States District Court for the District of Delaware Case no. 1:11-cv-00259 -- complaint filed on 28 March 2011

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Nokia Corporation (of Espoo, Finland) and Intellisync Corporation (of White Plains, NY 10604) vs. Apple Inc. (of Cupertino, CA 95014)

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The asserted patents are 6 of the 7 patents (all but the '696 patent) asserted on the same day in Nokia's second ITC complaint against Apple. The products accused in both complaints are materially consistent. However, However, the accusations are phrased more broadly in the ITC complaint ("all ..."), and the ITC complaint also accuses Mac computers while the Delaware complaint accuses only MacBook (including MacBook Air and Pro) products). For a patent/product matrix, see the previous section on Nokia's March 2011 ITC complaint.


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