According to a report by US media this morning, Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer, filed an infringement lawsuit against Apple on Thursday in the three European countries of the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands. This is the latest round of litigation cases in the mobile phone industry.
Nokia accused Apple products, including the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, of infringing upon Nokia's related patents in the aforementioned countries, such as the touch user interface, product application store, and antenna design.
This Nokia lawsuit in European countries adds 13 new litigation clauses based on the 24 litigation clauses in the United States.
Apple spokesperson Adam Howorth refused to comment on the latest lawsuit.
In October 2009, Nokia sued Apple for allegedly infringing on ten of its patents with the iPhone. After Apple launched the iPad, Nokia expanded the litigation scope to include the iPad product.
However, Apple then began to counterattack, filing a countersuit against Nokia, claiming that the latter infringed upon 13 of its patents, violated antitrust laws, and breached contractual provisions. So far, both companies have denied the other's accusations.