We have relaunched: What's new at ZDNet Asia?

Nokia-Qualcomm license deal runs out

Summary

Following the expiration of the licensing agreement Monday, Qualcomm files an arbitration demand asking for continued payments from the handset maker.

Events

Microsoft MSDN/Developer Event
25 Mar 2010

One Marina Boulevard, Microsoft Singapore

IT Architect Regional Conference Singapore 2010
20 - 21 Apr 2010

Singapore Management University, Singapore

The Internet Show 2010
21-22 Apr 2010

Suntec Singapore

A key licensing agreement between the world's number one mobile handset maker Nokia and mobile giant Qualcomm, which prompted a bitter court battle between the two, has expired.

The agreement, under which Nokia licensed patents pertaining to the CDMA and W-CDMA mobile standard, has been the subject of protracted legal wrangling between the two. The licensing deal officially ran out on April 9.

Qualcomm has now filed an arbitration demand with the American Arbitration Association, claiming Nokia's continued use of the Qualcomm-patented technology in handsets constitutes an acceptance by the handset maker to continue licensing the patents. As such, the arbitration demand states Nokia must continue its payments to Qualcomm.

The arbitration demand requests Qualcomm's right to terminate all of Nokia's patents rights and licenses if the Finnish manufacturer sues Qualcomm for patent infringement after April 9.

Nokia last week made a royalty payment to Qualcomm of US$20 million, which it said would cover patent licensing for the second quarter of this year.

But the payment has not been entirely welcomed by Qualcomm, which said: "Nokia has no more right to unilaterally set a price than the average consumer has a right to walk into a store, take a product off the shelf, and walk out with it after leaving only a fraction of the established price on the counter. Leaving some money on the counter does not make the act any less unlawful."

A Nokia spokesman told Silicon.com the two mobile giants are still talking and hope to come to a timely resolution. "These types of negotiations take time and it would be premature to speculate on the outcome while we are in negotiations," he said.

Jo Best of Silicon.com reported from London.

Talkback

Add your opinion

In order to post a comment, you need to be registered. (Sign In or register below)

Post your comment
Transform your business interactions with real-time voice, video and telepresence solutions.
Tech Vendor: Cisco

ZDNet Asia Live

EcommerceInternet Jobs ZDNet Asia: Wanted Architecture security IT pros ยท Spore directs $3.9B to enhance productiv... http://bit.ly/cp11MK

12 minutes ago by addiegibson on topsy

Make BitDefender? Hati-hati!! Baca: http://j.mp/9nM4X7 http://koprol.com/s/3FzN

1 hour 5 minutes ago by pepoluan on topsy

the ugly side of socmed marketing... companies, beware! http://j.mp/cIqelG http://koprol.com/s/3FyS

1 hour 12 minutes ago by pepoluan on topsy

Foreign LBS players need local tie-ups for commercial success in the region. http://tinyurl.com/yco936k

Personal Finance Software - Productivity Software - Mac - Free ...: SEE Finance. Personal finance manager featurin... http://bit.ly/a38bXY

2 hours 36 minutes ago by alisha204 on topsy

For BitDefender antivirus users, check out what the company said regarding its bad security update: http://bit.ly/cYTGug

Asia not ready for zero-client computing, says analyst. http://bit.ly/cALkZB

Asia not ready for zero-client computing, says analyst. http://bit.ly/cALkZB

3 hours 32 minutes ago by vivianzdnetasia on topsy

Four news blogs today, from Inside India, Msia Explorer, Mister Tech and Tech Legal. Do check them out. http://www.zdnetasia.com/blogs/

Read my blog post on getting the most from your Nexus One: http://www.zdnetasia.com/blogs/m...

RT @3wconsulting: Whitepaper from http://3W.com.au "Outsourcing Your IT Requirements to Philippines" now on @zdnetaustralia & @zdnetasia http://ow.ly/1oY9f

Whitepaper from http://3W.com.au "Outsourcing Your IT Requirements to Philippines" now on @zdnetaustralia & @zdnetasia http://ow.ly/1oYbA

Whitepaper from http://3W.com.au "Outsourcing Your IT Requirements to Philippines" now on @zdnetaustralia & @zdnetasia http://ow.ly/1oYbz

Zdnetasia.com Estimated Worth $178,365 USD. Daily Ad Revenue:$244 USD, Daily Views:81,445 Pages... - http://www.haplog.com/www.zdneta...

The receivers don't transmit back to the satellite. Unless there is a phone line attached to the receiver, they don't have any wa...

2 days 18 minutes ago by bessellbrowne on Apple to join the geolocation craze?

whatever little understanding I have we 'll only progress toward end of the world if we use HPCs to lenthen life of human being. Huma...

2 days 24 minutes ago by abhi32002@gmail.com on High computing promises elixir of life

Thanks for the knowledgeable article on SDDs. Allas...when all this reasearch will happen in Indian Universities. Hope the new bill on Fo...

2 days 37 minutes ago by abhi32002@gmail.com on APAC HPC users eye solid-state drives

It was a good article. This brings a good opportunity for Indian IT firms to come up with new solutions in this field. HPC can become a b...

2 days 56 minutes ago by abhi32002@gmail.com on High computing most-wanted job in Asia

COL KR DHARMADHIKARY(RETD) its very late to reply the link, but if it is still alive and looking for opportunity, i would like to know th...

2 days 53 minutes ago by deb021280 on Education takes off in rural India, helped by PCs

High performance computing (HPC) most-wanted job in Asia http://bit.ly/9vFC3i (via @zdnetasia) #singapore

RT @zdnetasia: EMC COO, Pat Gelsinger, on bridging gaps in the organization and its cloud ambitions in Asia. (cont) http://tl.gd/i5jjd

EMC COO, Pat Gelsinger, on bridging gaps in the organization and its cloud ambitions in Asia. http://bit.ly/9etOZW

Asian SMBs need to pay more attention to disaster recovery planning http://bit.ly/bDet08 via @zdnetasia

Asian SMBs need to pay more attention to disaster recovery planning http://bit.ly/bDet08

all of sg's isps have been practising compulsory invisible proxy for all home subscribers at their backend since many years back alre...

4 days 37 minutes ago by melvinchia on Web filters mean bad news for business

it is not to good for china.
Proactol

4 days 22 minutes ago by nathonastle on Chinese ad partners beg Google for information

Very good explanation of JMX

5 days 27 minutes ago by Babith B on Managing applications with JMX

The reaction to a report issued Tuesday by Flurry Analytics managed to completely overlook some interesting news--the Android-based Motorola Droid outsold the original iPhone over the same period of time following their respective launches--to focus instead on the sales numbers for the Nexus One.

5 days 30 minutes ago by lonemavericks on diggs

Another ZTE story....

5 days 32 minutes ago by Moderate Your Greed on Philippines opens bid for final 3G license

We at www.fifosys.com have also seen a growth in IT outsourcing and anticipate it as a growing field.

5 days 6 minutes ago by sarah Jane on Companies' outsourcing spend to increase

I agree with you. The iSiVaL is super portable and TVs can't expand their image size. I recorded a video that might bring some ideas to...

5 days 36 minutes ago by Jesse B Andersen on Buying a projector? Try an LED TV instead

hermm... he deserved it.. he shud not talk abt sensitive things like tat, well, he shud think twice before saying all those things, event...

5 days 14 minutes ago by ... on Facebook user charged in Malaysia

Password manager tools are potential security threat. Criminals who hack into the computer can use the password manager to log onto any s...

6 days 14 minutes ago by ohanae on What defaults should random password generators use?

I've found the cross platform utility unetbootin to be rather handy for this kind of thing as well.

6 days 48 minutes ago by Jim on Use Live USB Creator to install Fedora 12 from a USB stick

Thanks for the article. I think the debug command has an "\" after "C:" it should say w32tm /debug /enable /file:C:\l...

6 days 49 minutes ago by Roger Biefer on Manage time accuracy with W32Tm