Nokia has a particularly extensive and rich catalog of patents covering many technologies. This allows it to sell licenses to manufacturers who want to exploit these technologies. And the Finnish company never hesitates to take disputes to court: a dispute over patents related to cellular connections forced Oppo to stop its activity in Germany and France — things were sorted out in France.
Patents, Nokia’s treasure
Nokia makes lightning speak again, this time against Amazon and its products Fire TVThe group has filed a complaint in several countries (United States, India, United Kingdom, Germany and the European Union) to assert its rights to patents related to video compression.
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Last October, Nokia described how its technologies had enabled the emergence of online video: “ With over 30 years of research and innovation, Nokia’s assets include key technologies related to video processing, encoding, storage, display, user interface, and more. “, recalled Arvin Patel, director of licensing.
Nokia seeks to ” obtain compensation for the use of these key inventions “Because streaming services benefit from ” greatly » research and development carried out by Nokia: « Without it, their services and products simply wouldn’t work the way consumers expect them to. “.
The Munich Regional Court has sided with Nokia, which can now apply to block the sale of Fire TV sticks in Germany. The injunction application will be made very soon, a Nokia spokesman promises. Amazon, however, has the option of appealing.
It could all be arranged on the corner of a table, with a check from Amazon to obtain the license for the patents in question. The online retail giant explains to Bloomberg always be willing to pay a fair price for these licenses, moreover” We have worked with several companies to obtain licenses on video patents of this type ” But Nokia asks ” more than all of these companies combined ” and rejected an offer from Amazon.
Nokia has a new card in hand to push Amazon to extend the sauce. The German market is particularly important for Amazon, it is simply the 2nd after the United States (the country represented 7% of the group’s turnover last year).
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