Nokia sues Amazon and HP over patent infringement, demands compensation

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San Francisco. 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.

Arvin Patel, chief licensing officer of New Segments at Nokia, said in a blog post that he 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 covering a number of technologies, including video compression, content delivery, content recommendation, and hardware-related aspects,” 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 in discussions with both Amazon and HP for several years, but sometimes litigation is the only way to hold companies to account that do not follow and respect the rules others follow,” Patel said. Choose to walk. Amazon and HP have benefited greatly from Nokia’s multimedia innovations.

Since 2000, Nokia has invested more than EUR 140 billion (and more than EUR 4.5 billion last year alone) in R&D for cutting-edge technologies, including cellular and multimedia.

“We have one of the strongest patent portfolios in the world for connectivity and multimedia technologies and it is not a stretch to say that the industry is driven by these inventions,” Patel said.

Nokia is now seeking compensation, royalties for the use of its technologies which we will reinvest with substantial additional investment in the development of next generation multimedia technologies.

“Lawsuit 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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