Nokia

We represent Nokia, a Finnish company that is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile cellular hand sets, in various cases against Qualcomm Inc., in what is probably the largest intellectual property litigation in the world.  The firm was brought in to act as lead trial counsel in all US cases and is coordinating counsel with respect to the others. Qualcomm, based in California, develops and sells chip sets which are the "brains" of mobile hand sets. In a matter before the ITC, Qualcomm sought an exclusionary order that would have enjoined Nokia from importing its handsets into the United States. If successful, Qualcomm's complaint would have cost Nokia billions of dollars. We obtained an order denying Qualcomm's request. The judge denied Qualcomm's request for an exclusionary order under Section 337 and found that all three asserted patents were not infringed and that one of the patents was invalid under KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., handing Nokia a complete defense victory, and allowing Nokia to continue to import hundreds of millions of handsets into the United States.

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