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Breaking news: Nokia triumphs over IPCom

By Johanna Gibson, David Pearce, Jeremy Phillips and Ilanah Simon.

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A report from Reuters ("Nokia says UK High Court rules for it vs IPCom") declares that giant mobile phone-maker Nokia has claimed victory in its Patents Court (England and Wales) patent dispute with German company IPCom, from which it now plans to seek to recoup its legal costs. According to Nokia's spokesman,

"This is an important decision, as it is not possible to infringe an invalid patent [oh yes it is, says the IPKat. See Coflexip v Stolt, here]. Nokia is pleased with these results, having won all patent infringement cases between Nokia and IPCom that have come to judgment".

Back in December a district court in Mannheim, Germany, put on hold an application by IPCom for injunctions to ban the sale and distribution of Nokia handsets in Germany, pending final decisions on the validity of the patents by the European Patent Office. These decisions are due later this year. IPCom is the owner of what used to be Bosch's mobile telephony patent portfolio, created between the mid-1980s and 2000, which includes about 160 patent families worldwide that are key for mobile communications standards.

The IPKat hasn't yet had the chance to read the decision in full. It's vast (67 pages and 27,000+ words) and it's not yet available on BAILII. If there's one thing it clarifies, it's the question as to what Mr Justice Floyd might have been doing over the Christmas break. You can read the full text, courtesy of the Kats, here.

Full post as published by IPKat on January 18, 2010 (boomark / email).