Nokia sued for patent infringement in Finland

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2005

HELSINKI (AFP) — Finnish mobile telephone giant Nokia is being sued for infringing on a patent for technology allowing cellular phone users to answer their phones without touching them, a company backing the patent holder said.

"Nokia is infringing on a patented invention that makes it possible to answer the phone without touching it... controlling it by touching a button in the hands-free device or through voice control," said Antti Kosunen, chief executive of Anadeus, a company that advocates patent-holder rights.

Kosunen told AFP that he did not yet know how much money inventor Jari Lahtinen could stand to win from the mobile phone giant, but pointed out that the awarded sum would be linked to Nokia's production.

"We're talking about millions or tens of...