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Ericsson sues Apple for patent infringement
2015-02-27 08:44:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Ericsson has filed patent infringement complaints against Apple at the International Trade Commission and a court in the US. The two complaints allege that Apple's iPhones and iPads infringe 41 patents held by Ericsson, as Applle is operating without a licence to the technologysince last month. The patents include standard-essential patents related to the 2G and LTE standards as well as other patents that are critical to features and functionality of Apple devices, such as the design of semiconductor components, user interface software, location services and applications, as well as the iOS operating system. Ericsson said it seeks exclusion orders in the ITC proceedings and damages and injunctions in the District Court action. Apple's global licence agreement for Ericsson's mobile technology expired last month, and Apple has declined to take a new licence offered on FRAND terms, Ericsson said, adding that it made several attempts to find a fair solution.
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