14 DAY TRIAL // Speculations that Nokia plans to boost its revenues by filing patent suits against rival companies have come to fruition today when the Finnish company announced it had taken legal action against HTC, Research In Motion (RIM) and Viewsonic.
According to Nokia, these companies are currently taking advantage of no less than 45 patents owned by the Finnish handset manufacturer.
So far, Nokia has filed claims in the United States and Germany alleging that some of the products manufactured by HTC, RIM and Viewsonic infringe on a number of its patents.
A complaint has been filed to the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against HTC, and suits against the Taiwanese company and Viewsonic in the Federal District Court of Delaware, US.
In addition, Nokia filed patent suits against HTC and RIM in the Regional Court in Dusseldorf, Germany, as well as against all three companies in the Regional Courts in Mannheim and Munich, Germany.