2 NOKIA vs. Apple
Towards the end of 2016, Apple found itself entangled in yet another, high-profile patent infringement lawsuit — this time with Finnish phone maker, NOKIA, who charged that Apple infringed on at least two of its patented technologies, via features incorporated into iPhone and iPad without proper license.
Interestingly, despite its typical array of courtroom melodrama, this case was among Apple’s shortest; from a time standpoint, the feud lasted only six short months before the companies reached a resolution around May of last year.
And though there was a lot of back-and-forth banter along the way — with Apple, at one point, even pulling NOKIA’s line of Withing’s Home products from its shelves — the companies ultimately settled on amiable terms. Apple, for its part, was ordered to pay NOKIA a staggering $2 billion for infringing on its patented technology — but, at the same time, the companies came together and forged a new agreement which will see them cooperate on a number of projects moving forward.