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Chapter 319 Nokia, the Fence-Sitter

On April 21, 2013, another huge piece of news came from the technology world.

Nokia sues Transsion for patent infringement!

But the lawsuit was not unexpected; Nokia's fortunes had been steadily declining since Transsion and Huawei made some technological breakthroughs.

It's not because Transsion is making mobile phones, but because Transsion is gradually closing its loop, especially with its new generation of communication basebands, which use a self-developed protocol stack and no longer pay patent fees.

Although the patent licensing periods for both companies have not yet expired, Transsion has stopped paying.

Since Nokia began its decline, its revenue has mainly come from patent fees, with a large portion of those fees coming from communication-related patents.

Transsion is not paying, and Huawei is not paying.

The subsidiary brand Honor was naturally not handed over either.

In the entire country of China, only Nokia's Blue Factory, Green Factory, and DaMi Company are still paying, but they are also trying to evade it. Transsion is breaking through Nokia's patent fee model.

Meanwhile, there's an additional driving force behind this.

The final lawsuit was filed simultaneously in Germany, England, and the Netherlands in the morning.

Nokia claims that Transsion infringed on dozens of their patents, covering core essential patents for 2G, 3G, and 4G.

The Dutch court acted the fastest, issuing an injunction within a day, and Transsion phones were removed from shelves in the Netherlands.

Meanwhile, the ban on Huawei is also under review.

Li Qing then pushed open the door and placed the indictment page in front of Shen Fei.

"Boss, America has made its move again, but this time the unlucky victim is Nokia."

They filed lawsuits in three countries.

The Netherlands has already removed our phones from its app stores, and the United States is urging two other countries to do the same.

Shen Fei served himself a cup of hot tea, picked up the indictment, and flipped to the first page to read for a while.

Then he laughed!

Seeing this, Li Qing instantly calmed down. Having worked in her field for so many years, she knew that whenever she saw her boss smiling like that, it meant someone was about to be in trouble.

"Boss, do you have a good idea?"

"No, I was just laughing at Nokia."

Shen Fei closed the indictment and put it aside, then picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, and moistened his throat.

Huang Tianya peeked over from the side.

"Boss, shouldn't we settle our score with Nokia?"

A smile appeared on Huang Tianya's face. He had been targeting Nokia quite a bit lately.

Since finalizing the patent licensing agreement, Huang Tianya has been continuously selling his Nokia shares, reducing his stake from a high of 7.58% to 1.5%.

I also shorted it a few times in between...

Then they repeatedly added to their holdings, and now they only have 3.2% of the shares left.

Given his methods, it's only natural that Nokia would align itself with the United States.

"It's time to settle accounts."

"A 3.2% stake makes me a major shareholder, and some people should listen to our opinions."

Huang Tianya grinned: "3.2%, not the largest shareholder, but enough to slam your fist on the table at the board meeting. That's what they like to do!"

"Our greatest weapon has never been shares."

Shen Fei walked back to his seat and took a document out of the drawer.

"Nokia also has a share of Motorola's patent portfolio, Qualcomm's licensing agreements, and MediaTek's patent crossovers."

In addition to what we acquired…

Everyone smiled knowingly. Infringement on Nokia's copyright? No, it should be said that Nokia infringed on Nokia's copyright.

"Boss, let's countersue Nokia. Since they want to be opportunists, let's give them the final blow."

Motorola has been sold, and even changed hands several times; Nokia's mobile phone business should be sold as well.

At this moment, Huang Tianya was already planning how to act as the middleman.

After all, they made over 40 billion from selling Motorola, but it's not easy to find such a treacherous person again.

The LX has proven that the success of Motorola's S series is not because of the name "Motorola," but because of its cutting-edge technology!

However, this acquisition wasn't a complete loss, at least they opened up a broader international market.

Finally, Shen Fei closed the document, and everyone smiled knowingly at the same time.

Since they're playing the patent game, let's see whose patent portfolio is the largest.

Dozens of patents? That's too petty!

This afternoon, the Legal Department of the member company held an emergency meeting. Zhao Mingyuan, the Deputy General Manager of Legal Affairs, is in charge of this cross-border patent litigation.

He and his team spent two hours sorting out Transsion's patent assets.

He carefully examined both standard essential patents and ordinary patents.

"We might not need it when we file a lawsuit, but we can't be unable to find the evidence when the judge asks us to submit it!"

After considering everything, he felt confident!

"Boss, we have a lot of usable communication patents, which are definitely among the world's best. If we were to license them, we would be number one in the world."

We have every grounds to countersue Nokia for those specific charges.

Furthermore, they infringed on at least 120 of our core patents.

Shen Fei sat in the chair, slowly reading the report. Soon, his face lit up with joy, revealing a playful expression.

"120 items. That's enough, but it's not a small number either."

They can remove our products from the shelves with just a few dozen items; we can do the same.

"At the same time, we filed countersuits in multiple countries, including Germany, England, and France. Our legal team can handle as many cases as they can at the same time."

In addition, we will simultaneously file lawsuits in China, so that they too will experience the taste of having their products removed from shelves.

The very next morning, Transsion Holdings issued a statement on its official website.

Nokia abused its market dominance by making baseless patent infringement accusations in an attempt to hinder Transsion's normal operations in the European market.

Transsion will file a countersuit in accordance with the law to protect its legitimate rights and interests.

Meanwhile, Transsion officially filed a complaint against Nokia with the EU's antitrust authorities.

At that time, Transsion officially filed a countersuit in the relevant countries, demanding that the relevant countries immediately lift the ban on Transsion and order Nokia to compensate for the losses.

The total loss amounted to 1.8 million euros.

China's counterattack was equally swift, immediately announcing the filing of a case, with relevant departments simultaneously conducting publicity campaigns, and the Patent Office publishing the names of the infringing patents at 1 p.m.

The relevant authorities pointed out that the patent was not within the scope of the two patents granted, and therefore directly initiated the process of prohibiting its sale.

After all, China is relatively formal.

The news immediately became a trending topic.

"Damn it, why is everyone saying we're suppressing America? Anyone with eyes can see that Nokia has been used as a tool from the very beginning. It's essentially a continuation of the technology ban."

But if he becomes a pawn, then he's not at a loss...

"Tch, what a smart guy! I was just saying that others were following the normal patent enforcement process, but some infringer kept using 'patriotism' as an excuse, and then Nokia got restricted. That's some serious 'grand' thinking! [Just kidding! Please don't ban my account!]"