SCENARIOS - Ways ahead in Nokia vs Apple legal battle
By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finding a winner in the battle between Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker, and iPhone maker Apple could take years unless they agree on a licensing deal outside the courtroom.
Nokia dominates the global handset industry but has lost ground in the high-end of the market to new players like Apple which entered the market with its iPhone in mid-2007.
On Oct 22, Nokia accused U.S.-based Apple of hitching a "free-ride" on the Finnish company's technology investments.
Following are the main scenarios of the legal battle starting to unfold:
CASE IN DELAWARE
Nokia filed its suit in the District Court of Delaware, United States, saying Apple had infringed 10 patents in technologies like wireless data transfer, a key factor in the success of iPhone.
The patents also cover speech coding, security and encryption, and are infringed by all iPhone models shipped since the iPhone was introduced in 2007, Nokia said. Continued...
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