NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – The telecommunications giant Ericsson wants to stop Apple iPhones and iPads amount to the United States. It is part of a protracted patent dispute between the two companies that recently landed in various courts.
Until last month, Apple had been paying Ericsson patent rights for using their vital cellular phone technology. Ericsson patents covering crucial roles in a cell phone, including make and receive calls, GPS positioning and true software controlling applications.
But the licensing agreement expired in January without renewal, and Apple simply stopped paying for patents. Ericsson claims to have unsuccessfully tried to negotiate terms with the technology over the past two years. The firm says Apple, meanwhile, that Ericsson wants to charge too much and apply their patents so too extensive to cover technology that is not related to patented technologies.
Ericsson filed seven lawsuits in the United States and two international demands. The company seeks unspecified damages and that sales of the iPhone and iPad are prohibited.
As part of international applications lodged at the International Trade Commission US (ITC), Ericsson is looking for shipments of iPhones and iPads to the United States are prohibited. Most Apple products are assembled in China. The ITC has the ability to ban imports of goods that infringe patents.
The claims cover 41 patents, including Ericsson includes essential patents for 2G and 4G standards, processor components, software user interface, location services and even the iOS present in the iPhone and iPad.
“Apple products has benefited from the invented and patented by engineers Ericsson technology,” said in a statement Kasim Alfalahi, director of intellectual property at Ericsson. “The functions that consumers now take for Discounted like to watch TV programs or access your favorite applications from the phone are based on technology that we have developed. ”
Alfalahi said Ericsson has “acted in good faith to find a just solution” but Apple “has rejected all attempts” to reach a licensing agreement.
Apple sees the situation differently.
“Ericsson seeks to exploit their patents to claim the value of these leading innovations from Apple, result of years of hard work of engineers and designers from Apple and billions of dollars in research and development of Apple and they have nothing to do with Ericsson patents “Apple said in its indictment filed last month in a California court.
“We have always been willing to pay a fair price for the rights to use essential patents covering technology in our products,” said Kristin Huguet, a spokeswoman for Apple. “Unfortunately, we could not agree with Ericsson a fair price for their patents, so as a last resort we are seeking the help of the courts.”
The patent disputes between tech giants are common, especially when the competence of the technology used in the lucrative market of smartphones. Some sentences have resolved the payment of several billion dollars, and ITC is known for issuing import bans.
But cases often so long and have so many appeals for the moment bans are imposed, the manufacturer of smartphone no longer sells the phones in question.
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