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Ericsson today announced that it is suing Apple for patent infringement after the Cupertino company refused Ericsson's licensing terms. Apple had been paying royalties to Ercisson, until its license agreement expired in January. Attempts at re-negotiation failed, triggering the patent infringement lawsuit.
> “We have offered them a license; they have a turned it down. We’re not a company that’s planning to extract more than the value we put on the table.”
— Kasim Alfalahi, Ericsson’s chief intellectual property officer.
According to Bloomberg, Ericsson is filing seven new lawsuits that span 41 patents. Also, they will ask the U.S. International Trade Commission to ban the sale of Apple products in the U.S. market.
When negotiations broke down in January, Apple sued Ericsson, claiming the company's royalty demands were excessive.
Our take on the news
Like it nor not, this lawsuit is part of the negotiation process as two high-profile companies battle it out in the world of intellectual property.
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