Nokia sues Apple over patents in iPhone, iPad

Nokia says the actions “add 13 further Nokia patents to the 24 already asserted against Apple in the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Delaware and Wisconsin Federal courts.” The world’s top handset maker says the patents include several which enable compelling user experiences, including “using a wiping gesture on a touch screen to navigate […]

Nokia says the actions “add 13 further Nokia patents to the 24 already asserted against Apple in the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Delaware and Wisconsin Federal courts.”

The world’s top handset maker says the patents include several which enable compelling user experiences, including “using a wiping gesture on a touch screen to navigate content.”

The Finnish company said Thursday some of the patents were filed more than 10 years before the launch of the iPhone.

The fresh complaints in Great Britain, Germany and the Netherlands are part of an escalating battle between the two rivals in the smartphone arena that started more than a year ago when Nokia filed its first suits in the United States.

The two have repeatedly denied each other’s claims. “These actions add 13 further Nokia patents to the 24 already asserted against Apple in the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Delaware and Wisconsin Federal courts,” Paul Melin, Nokia Vice President for Intellectual Property, said in a statement.

The new filings accuse Apple of breaching Nokia’s patents related to several technologies, including the touch user interface, on-device app stores signal noise suppression and modular structure, Nokia said.