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Apple backfires at Nokia : Asks to ban all Nokia US imports

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We knew it was coming. Nokia had posted a complaint against Apple in International Trade Commision (ITC) in US asking ITC to ban all imports on Apple products ranging from Macs, iPods and iPhones and now Apple has come up with another counter attack against the worlds largest producer of Mobile Phones with more infringing patents.

The war had started long time back and now it’s going on and it could be the biggest stories in 2010 if ITC grants any of the companies what they are demanding for, which ITC has already done with Microsofts Word.

The complaint is pending in the ITC and is awaiting review. Soon, the battle will break out like never before because both the parties, Apple and Nokia have huge number of registered patents and it is obvious since both develop products with much similar technology, this could go on for a long time with more and more infringed patents being discovered!

Thanks Engadget.

Nokia to Apple : Ban all your product imports to U.S

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The two electronic giants Nokia and Apple have literally gone on a legal war. First, Nokia slapped Apple with a patent infringement case where they said the iPhone was infringing their 10 patents. Apple’s answer was a countersuit claiming that Nokia infringed 13 patents.

It was quiet till Nokia once more issued a complain to ITC (U.S International trade commission) over patent infringement and now the most recent news is that they appealed to court to ban nearly all of it’s devices from being imported to the U.S.

iPhone’s, iPods and all the Macs are said to be infringing Nokia’s patents and according to the company, the only way to stop is would be banning the products. They are also asking Apple for a huge fine with interest as damages.

Nokia said,

Apple’s acts have caused, and unless restrained and enjoined, will continue to cause, irreparable injury and damage to Nokia for which there is no adequate remedy at law

It’s business and it’s a game. Earlier things like this have worked like Microsoft was slapped by a lawsuit and they had to stop selling Word in U.S till they had made some changes to their software.

We are still waiting for Apple’s answer and it’s obvious that Apple has got a fireball to throw at Nokia soon!

Image Credit : Engadget.

Palm Punches on Apple’s Face Again : Palm Pre syncs with iTunes 8.2.1 again!

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Well, if you read my last post about Apple breaking Palm’s heart by disabling iTune’s syncing capability with Palm Pre then here’s a good new for those sad Pre users.

Yes, Palm Pre’s Syncing with iTunes is back!

With Palm’s Latest update WebOs 1.1 it re-allows you to connect your Palm Pre with iTunes! Rejoice Pre users! So if you’ve not updated your Palm Pre then better get your Over-the-Air update done to get back into action with iTunes!

The Companies Blog post contained a line which said 

Oh, and one more thing: Palm webOS 1.1 re-enables Palm media sync. That’s right — you once again can have seamless access to your music, photos and videos from the current version of iTunes (8.2.1).

Let’s wait for Apple’s answer to this!