It has already convinced Samsung, HTC and others to pay it patent royalty fees.
For years, Nokia has only released devices that work on another more widespread wireless technology called GSM, in part due to a patent and royalty dispute with the technology firm Qualcomm.
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Then if, and I it is a big if, a judge and jury can be shown that the relative importance of the MGT patent to casino operations is proportionally much greater than that of Vringo patent to Google, maybe the royalty could be more significant.
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"This time Ericsson has demanded significantly higher royalty rates for the same patent portfolio, " the company said in a statement.
Now that the deal has to be renewed, we have faithfully committed ourselves to conducting fair and reasonable negotiations with Ericsson over the past two years, but this time Ericsson has demanded significantly higher royalty rates for the same patent portfolio.
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Balsillie is also appealing a judgment awarding Virginia patent house NTP an 8.5% royalty on U.S. Blackberry sales.
Now Nokia has to pay royalty to Microsoft, but Nokia has patent incomes.
Nokia, the world's largest handset maker, has long squabbled with Qualcomm over royalty payments, resulting in an escalating patent infringement slap fight between the two companies.
Nokia (nyse: NOK - news - people ), the world's largest handset maker, has long squabbled with Qualcomm over royalty payments, resulting in an escalating patent infringement slap fight between the two companies.
As part of the Microsoft investment, the two parties have settled their patent litigation, and the new subsidiary will have a royalty-bearing license under Microsoft's patents for the Nook, the companies said.
Gene patents are potentially even more lucrative and the challenge here is the patent protection that prevents other companies from advancing genetic research without paying a royalty or licensing fee.
Should RDRAM never gain the wide acceptance the company had hoped for, Rambus' patent claims are an attempt to ensure the company gets a piece of the action through royalty payments, no matter what type of memory takes hold, whether SDRAM, DDR or its preferred RDRAM.
The analyst, who carried an "overweight" rating on Qualcomm shares, said the company's patent dispute with Nokia has "the potential to become ugly" by April 2007, but that its royalty structure shouldn't be disrupted much in the near term.
Also likely impacting the shares this morning: a patent litigation settlement with Nokia that will result in RIM making an unspecified one-time paument as well as ongoing royalty payments.
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