Nokia (NOK) Fires Shots at Apple (AAPL) Over Nano-SIM Proposals
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If you can't beat 'em, then take 'em down a peg or two. Right, Nokia?
According to tech news source IDG, a spokesperson for Nokia (NYSE: NOK) said Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) offer for "royalty-free nano-SIM is an empty promise, because the company doesn't have any essential patents related to its nano-SIM proposal."
Both Nokia and Apple are submitting proposals for the next-generation micro SIM cards, which will be voted on by European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) on Thursday.
According to FOSS Patents, Apple sent a letter to ETSI saying it wanted to ease concerns it might own the patents through "an unequivocal commitment to grant royalty-free licenses to any Apple patents essential to nano-SIM, provided that Apple's proposal is adopted as a standard and that all other patent holders accept the same terms in accordance with the principle of reciprocity."
The royalty-free proposal would give Apple a leg-up in getting its standard approved. The Nokia spokesperson, as mentioned above, downplayed this, saying the company wasn't aware of any intellectual property Apple held for nano-SIM and the effort is only devaluing the IP of others.
Ahead of the bell, Apple shares are indicated lower while Nokia is looking exceptionally strong.
According to tech news source IDG, a spokesperson for Nokia (NYSE: NOK) said Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) offer for "royalty-free nano-SIM is an empty promise, because the company doesn't have any essential patents related to its nano-SIM proposal."
Both Nokia and Apple are submitting proposals for the next-generation micro SIM cards, which will be voted on by European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) on Thursday.
According to FOSS Patents, Apple sent a letter to ETSI saying it wanted to ease concerns it might own the patents through "an unequivocal commitment to grant royalty-free licenses to any Apple patents essential to nano-SIM, provided that Apple's proposal is adopted as a standard and that all other patent holders accept the same terms in accordance with the principle of reciprocity."
The royalty-free proposal would give Apple a leg-up in getting its standard approved. The Nokia spokesperson, as mentioned above, downplayed this, saying the company wasn't aware of any intellectual property Apple held for nano-SIM and the effort is only devaluing the IP of others.
Ahead of the bell, Apple shares are indicated lower while Nokia is looking exceptionally strong.
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