As noted by Reuters, Nokia this week filed a brief with
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in support of Apple's bid to
block the sale of certain Samsung products previously ruled to have infringed
on Apple's patents.
The brief, which
is currently sealed but explained in a summary (via AppleInsider) by Nokia attorney Keith Broyles,
argues that Judge Lucy Koh was wrong when she ruled that Apple must establish a
"causal nexus" between the patented feature and demand for a product
before a permanent injunction request is granted.
The filing comes
several months after Judge Koh had denied Apple's injunction request.
Nokia's brief
wasn't filed specifically to support Apple, but because Nokia feels that Judge
Koh's ruling "could cause wide-ranging damage to the United States patent
protection landscape." Broyles goes on to argue that Nokia is advocating
for patent rights to foster innovation.
"Nokia has
recently been involved in numerous U.S. patent lawsuits, as both a plaintiff
and defendant. Nokia is thus both a significant patent owner that might seek an
injunction to protect its patent rights, and a manufacturer in an industry in
which patent owners routinely issue threats of injunctions for patent
infringement."
Back in 2009,
Apple and Nokia were embroiled in a patent dispute but that ended in 2011 when
the two settled and entered into a patent license agreement.
Nokia is the
only company to file in support of Apple, and will have an opportunity for
companies and advocacy groups to support its position when it files its own
brief later this year.[MacRumors]
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