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22 Oct 09 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6
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files
first suit
against 10
Apple
in Move #1:
Delaware 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)
District of Delaware
10
Apple
Move #2
11 Dec 09 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6
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29 Dec 09 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6 0 7 9 0 1 2 7
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second
Delaware 10 7
suit and a 7
complaint 17
Move #3:
with the Nokia bundles seven "implementation" patents
ITC (patents it claims are not essential to standards,
hence not subject to FRAND commitments)
and asserts them in a second Delaware suit
as well as an ITC complaint.
District of Delaware
Trade Commission
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Move #4
15 Jan 10 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6 0 7 9 0 1 2 7
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complaint
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C Move #4:
Apple lodges a complaint with the ITC,
alleging the infringement of 9 patents:
© 2011 by Florian Mueller 4 patents already asserted in counterclaims
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com in the first Delaware suit, and 5 new ones.
Twitter: @FOSSpatents
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Move #5
19 Feb 10 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6 0 7 9 0 1 2 7
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counter-
claims in 10 7
the first 7
Delaware 17
suit
District of Delaware
Trade Commission
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C Move #5:
In the first Delaware suit, Apple
amends its counterclaims,
© 2011 by Florian Mueller dropping the 4 patents
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com that its original counterclaims in this suit
Twitter: @FOSSpatents had in common with the ITC complaint
lodged in January.
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Move #6
24 Feb 10 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6 0 7 9 0 1 2 7
Nokia 6
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counter-
claims in 10 7
the second 7
Delaware 17
suit
District of Delaware
Trade Commission
I
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T Move #6:
E In the second Delaware suit, Apple
C makes counterclaims against Nokia
asserting 9 patents: the ones to which
its ITC complaint already related.
© 2011 by Florian Mueller Those 9 patents include 4 that Apple
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com dropped from its counterclaims in the
Twitter: @FOSSpatents first Delaware suit five days earlier.
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Move #7
03 Mar 10 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6 0 7 9 0 1 2 7
Nokia 6
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Delaware 18 9
District
Court
orders 10 7
stay for 7
one of the 17
Move #7:
two cases The District Court for the District of Delaware
stays the second suit there (filed by Nokia,
during counterclaims made by Apple) while the ITC
ITC investigates complaints involving all of the
investi- patents asserted in that Delaware suit
(7 Nokia patents, 9 Apple patents).
District of Delaware
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Move #8
26 Apr 10 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6 0 7 9 0 1 2 7
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ITC orders 18 9
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consoli-
dation 10 7
7
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District of Delaware
Trade Commission
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Move #8:
D The ITC orders a partial consolidation
T of Apple's complaint against Nokia
E into the investigation of Apple's
C complaint against HTC, merging only
the five patents Apple asserts in its
ITC complaints against
© 2011 by Florian Mueller both Nokia and HTC.
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com
Twitter: @FOSSpatents
On this page, the five patents
consolidated into the
18Apple vs. HTC case
9 have a green
background, while the four patents 9 4
remaining in the original case have a
9 5
blue background.
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Move #9
07 May 10 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6 0 7 9 0 1 2 7 0 8 3 4 6
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new suit in
Wisconsin
(5 patents 10 7 5
initially) 7
17 Move #9:
Nokia files a new suit
in the Western District
of Wisconsin, alleging the
infringement of 5 patents.
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Move #10
28 Jun 10 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6 0 7 9 0 1 2 7 0 8 3 4 6
Nokia 6
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makes
counter-
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in 7
Wisconsin 17
(7 patents)
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Move #10:
18 9 Apple makes counterclaims
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of Wisconsin, alleging the
9 5 7 infringement of 7 patents.
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Move #11
21 Jul 10 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6 0 7 9 0 1 2 7 0 8 3 4 6
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drops a
patent
from its 10
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complaint 17
Move #11:
Nokia drops the '735 patent
from its ITC complaint.
W
District of Delaware
Western District
of Wisconsin
Delaware suit.
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Twitter: @FOSSpatents
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Move #12
16 Aug 10 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6 0 7 9 0 1 2 7 0 8 3 4 6
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amends its
Wisconsin
counter- 10
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claims, 7
replaces 17
(bacically
updates) Move #12:
Apple amends its
one patent counterclaims in the
Western District of
W Wisconsin, replaces
District of Delaware
Trade Commission
I
US International
Western District
one patent (of seven).
of Wisconsin
D D The new '559 patent is a
T continuation of a
E W divisional of the old
C (and dropped) '905
I patent. The new one
was granted about
© 2011 by Florian Mueller three weeks
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com prior to this
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Move #13
17 Sep 10 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6 0 7 9 0 1 2 7 0 8 3 4 6 1 6
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Wisconsin
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Move #14
29 Sep 10 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6 0 7 9 0 1 2 7 0 8 3 4 6 1 6
Nokia 6
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with
High Court 10
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and Wales
Move #14:
W E Apple takes the dispute
District of Delaware
Trade Commission
I
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Western District
of Wisconsin
High Court of
D D W files a suit over 9 UK patents
T (according to Nokia,
E W H those are equivalents
C of some US patents Apple
I C previously asserted against
Nokia) with the Chancery
© 2011 by Florian Mueller Division of the High Court
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com of England & Wales.
Twitter: @FOSSpatents
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Move #15
27 Oct 10 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6 0 7 9 0 1 2 7 0 8 3 4 6 1 6
Nokia 6
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report is
negative
on 4 of 10
1
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asserted 17
patents
Move #15:
In early November, media reports
say that an ITC staff report dated
27 October didn't identify any
W E infringement of valid patent claims
District of Delaware
Trade Commission
I by Nokia. That report related to only
US International
Western District
High Court of
D D W 4 of the 9 patents asserted by Apple
T against Nokia: those that were asserted
E W H only against Nokia but not against HTC
C ('431, '599, '726, '354).
I C The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)
can still decide differently from
© 2011 by Florian Mueller the staff recommendation, which
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com is just an opinion.
Twitter: @FOSSpatents
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Move #16
28 Oct 10 4 1 6 9 1 5 7 9 6 6 0 7 9 0 1 2 7 0 8 3 4 6 1 6
Nokia 6
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Apple 18 9 6 7 9
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patents
from ITC 10
1
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complaint 7 7
(3 of them 17
were also
asserted
against
Nokia)
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Trade Commission
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Western District
High Court of
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I C
© 2011 by Florian Mueller
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com
Twitter: @FOSSpatents
Move #16, part 1/2:
Apple drops 4 patents from
18 96 ITC investigation no. 337-TA-710.
9 96 42 7
3 of those patents were asserted
3
against Nokia (and HTC).
9 2 54 6 The 3 patents relevant to Nokia
1 9
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...and the '131 and RE'486 patents.
All three patents are still asserted
in a Delaware suit.
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E W H Move #17:
C D Apple asserts an unknown number
I C of German patents against Nokia
in a suit filed with the District Court of
© 2011 by Florian Mueller Dusseldorf, Germany.
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com
Twitter: @FOSSpatents
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http://fosspatents.blogspot.com
Twitter: @FOSSpatents
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http://fosspatents.blogspot.com entered two days later.
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unsuccessfully.
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Reference United States District Court for the District of Delaware
material Case no. 1:09-cv-00791 -- complaint filed on 22 October 2009
asserted by Nokia in original complaint; Nokia admits (F)RAND licensing commitments in connection with GSM/UMTS/IEEE 802.11
5,802,465 ("465") Data transmission in a radio telephone network
5,862,178 ("178") Method and apparatus for speech transmission in a mobile communications system
5,946,651 ("651") Speech synthesizer employing post-processing for enhancing the quality of the synthesized speech
6,359,904 ("904") Data transfer in a mobile telephone network
6,694,135 ("135") Measurement report transmission in a telecommunications system
6,775,548 ("548") Access channel for reduced access delay in a telecommunications system
6,882,727 ("727") Method of ciphering data transmission in a radio system
7,009,940 ("940") Integrity check in a communication system
7,092,672 ("672") Reporting cell measurement results in a cellular communication system
7,403,621 ("621") System for ensuring crypted communication after handover
speech '178
coding '651
'727
security/
'940
encryption
'621
Reference United States District Court for the District of Delaware
material Case no. 1:09-cv-00791 -- complaint filed on 22 October 2009 -- continued from previous page
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 by Apple in counterclaims (part of answer to first amended complaint, dated 06 July 2010)
5,634,074 ("074") Serial I/O device identifies itself to a computer through a serial interface during power on reset
then it is being configured by the computer
6,343,263 ("263") Real-time signal processing system for serially transmitted 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
© 2011 by Florian Mueller 5,915,131 ("131") Method and apparatus for handling I/O requests utilizing separate programming interfaces to access
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com separate I/O services
Twitter: @FOSSpatents 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
5,555,369 ("369") Method of creating packages for a pointer-based computer system
6,239,795 ("795") Pattern and color abstraction in a graphical user interface
5,315,703 ("703") Object-oriented notification framework system
6,189,034 ("034") Method and apparatus for dynamic launching of a teleconferencing application upon receipt of a call
7,469,381 ("381") List scrolling and document translation, scaling and rotation on a touch-screen display
RE39,486 ("RE486") Extensible, replaceable network component 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
5,455,854 ("854") Object-oriented telephone system
7,383,453 ("453") Conserving power by reducing voltage supplied to an instruction-processing portion of a processor
5,848,105 ("105") GMSK signal processors for improved communications capacity and quality
5,379,431 ("431") Boot framework architecture for dynamic staged initial program 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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06 Jan 11 '263
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On 22 October 2009, Nokia had already filed a suit against the same defendant with the same court (case no. 1:09-cv-00791).
On the day of this new Delaware complaint, Nokia asserted the same seven patents in an ITC complaint (investigation no. 337-TA-701).
The accused products and asserted patents are Identical with allegations made in Nokia's original complaint on the same day with the
ITC. Those products and patents are stated in the section on ITC investigation no. 337-TA-701.
The accused products and asserted patents are identical to allegations made in Apple's ITC complaint 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.
Reference United States International Trade Commission
material Investigation no. 337-TA-701 on "certain electronic products, including mobile phones, portable music
players, and computers" -- complaint filed on 29 December 2009
as per
Nokia Corporation (of Espoo, Finland) and Nokia Inc. (of White Plains, NY 10604)
06 Jan 11 vs. Apple Inc. (of Cupertino, CA 95014)
asserted by Nokia in original complaint; "implementation patents" (no standards-related FRAND commitments) according to Nokia
6,714,091 ("091") VCO* with programmable output power
6,834,181 ("181") Mobile communication device and related construction method
6,895,256 ("256") Optimized camera sensor architecture for a mobile telephone
6,518,957 ("957") Communications device with touch sensitive screen
6,073,036 ("036") Mobile station with touch input having automatic symbol magnification function
(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)
6,262,735 ("735") Utilizing the contents of a message
(removed from ITC complaint -- but not from Delaware suit -- by partial termination on 21 July 2010)
6,924,789 ("789") User interface device
page R-5 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).
© 2011 by Florian Mueller Asserted patents (in order of appearance in documents filed with the ITC)
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com
Twitter: @FOSSpatents asserted by Apple in original complaint
5,379,431 ("431") Boot framework architecture for dynamic staged initial program load
5,455,599 ("599") Object-oriented graphic system
5,519,867 ("867") Object-oriented multitasking system
(consolidated into ITC investigation no. 337-TA-710 as per order of 26 April 2010)
5,915,131 ("131") Method and apparatus for handling I/O requests utilizing separate programming interfaces
to access separate I/O service
(consolidated into ITC investigation no. 337-TA-710 as per order of 26 April 2010)
5,920,726 ("726") System and method for managing power conditions within a digital camera device
5,969,705 ("705") Message protocol for controlling a user interface from an inactive application program
(consolidated into ITC investigation no. 337-TA-710 as per order of 26 April 2010)
6,343,263 ("263") Real-time signal processing system for serially-transmitted data
(consolidated into ITC investigation no. 337-TA-710 as per order of 26 April 2010)
6,424,354 ("354") Object-oriented event notification system with listener registration of both interests and methods
RE39,486 ("RE486") Extensible, replaceable network component system
(consolidated into ITC investigation no. 337-TA-710 as per order of 26 April 2010)
Reference United States International Trade Commission
material 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
as per
06 Jan 11 Partial consolidation
On 26 Apr 2010, the ITC ordered the partial consolidation of this case into investigation no. 337-TA-710. As a result, Nokia Corp. (of
page R-6 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). Information concerning HTC's allegedly infringing products is provided in a document covering Apple's disputes with
Motorola and HTC.
Patents/products matrix
'431
'599
'867
'131
© 2011 by Florian Mueller
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com '726
Twitter: @FOSSpatents '705
'263
'354
RE'486
Staff report
In early November 2010, media reports claimed that the staff of the ITC (or more 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, the investigating staff is merely a party to the proceeding, and the 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 the four patents remaining in investigation no. 337-TA-704, not to the
five patents consolidated into investigation no. 337-TA-710.
Reference United States International Trade Commission
material Investigation no. 337-TA-710 on "certain personal data and mobile communications devices and related
software" -- complaint filed on 02 March 2010
as per
Apple Inc. and NeXT Software (both of Cupertino, CA 95014)
06 Jan 11 vs. High Tech Computer Corp. (of Taiwan), HTC America, Inc. (of Bellevue, WA 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).
page R-7
Partial consolidation stated further below (added Nokia Corp. and Nokia Inc. as defendants).
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:
5,481,721 ("721") Method for providing automatic and dynamic translation of object oriented programming language-based
message passing into operating system message passing using proxy objects
5,519,867 ("867") Object-oriented multitasking system dropped as a result of Apple motion of 28 Oct 2010
6,275,983 ("983") Object-oriented operating system
5,566,337 ("337") Method and apparatus for distributing events in an operating system
5,929,852 ("852") Encapsulated network entity reference of a network component system
dropped as a result of Apple motion of 28 Oct 2010
5,946,647 ("647") System and method for performing an action on a structure in computer-generated data
5,969,705 ("705") Message protocol for controlling a user interface from an inactive application program
© 2011 by Florian Mueller 6,343,263 ("263") Real-time signal processing system for serially transmitted data
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com 5,915,131 ("131") Method and apparatus for handling I/O requests utilizing separate programming interfaces to access separate
Twitter: @FOSSpatents I/O service dropped as a result of Apple motion of 28 Oct 2010
RE39,486 ("RE486") Extensible, replaceable network component system 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 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).
Information concerning HTC's allegedly infringing products is provided in a document covering Apple's disputes with HTC (and Motorola).
Reference United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
material Case no. 1:10-cv-00249 -- complaint filed on 07 May 2010 --
later transferred to United States District Court for the District of Delaware --
as per Case no. 1:11-cv-00015
06 Jan 11 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).
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"The Positioning Patent" '696
'083
"The Antenna Patents" '894
'431
'680
"The Power Amplification Patents"
'172
Reference United States District Court for the for the Western District of Wisconsin
material Case no. 1:10-cv-00249 -- complaint filed on 07 May 2010 --
later transferred to United States District Court for the District of Delaware --
as per Case no. 1:11-cv-00015 -- continued from previous page
06 Jan 11
Apple counterclaims
page R-9 Apple makes counterclaims against plaintiff Nokia Corporation (of Espoo, Finland) as well as its subsidiary Nokia Inc. (a Delaware
corporation headquartered in Texas).
asserted by Apple in counterclaims (part of answer to original complaint, dated 28 June 2010)
5,946,647 ("647") System and method for performing an action on a structure in computer-generated data
5,612,719 ("719") Gesture sensitive buttons for graphical user interfaces
7,710,290 ("290") System and method for situational location relevant invocable speed reference
7,380,116 ("116") System for real-time adaptation to changes in display configuration
7,054,981 ("981") Method and apparatus for providing automatic high speed data connection in portable device
5,379,430 ("430") Object-oriented system locator patent
7,355,905 ("905") Integrated circuit with separate supply voltage for memory that is different from logic circuit supply voltage
as a result of Apple's 1st amended answer to original complaint, replaced with newer patent of the same title
© 2011 by Florian Mueller
additionally asserted by Apple in counterclaims (part of first amended answer to original complaint, dated 16 August 2010)
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com
5,946,647 ("647") Integrated circuit with separate supply voltage for memory that is different from logic circuit supply voltage
Twitter: @FOSSpatents
a continuation of a divisional of the replaced '905 patent, issued on 20 July 2010
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as per 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.
06 Jan 11
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
page R-10 known at this stage which particular versions and editions of those products are accused).
The list of asserted patents is not available at this stage. Not even the number of patents asserted is known at this stage.
Reference Landgericht Düsseldorf (District Court of Dusseldorf, Germany), 4b. Zivilkammer
material Case no. 4b O 195/10 -- complaint or counterclaims filed on or before 16 December 2010
as per Nokia countersued Apple. 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
06 Jan 11 same court or made counterclaims in the one instigated by Apple.