solutions and products, filed a complaint with the ITC, charging that Nokia
was selling certain third-generation cellular handsets and parts that
infringed four InterDigital patents.
On Friday, the companies said in statements that the ITC had reviewed and
affirmed the decision of an ITC administrative law judge that Nokia's
products did not infringe InterDigital's patents.
Nokia also said in its statement that the ITC "withdrew the portion of the
[administrative law judge's] initial determination that had found the
patents valid."
The Espoo, Finland, company /quotes/comstock/13*!nok/quotes/nls/nok (NOK
13.48, -0.20, -1.46%) said that InterDigital had asserted that its patents
were essential elements of the UMTS third-generation mobile standard. The
ITC decision is consistent with a "previous judgment in the U.K. that found
several InterDigital patents not to be essential to the UMTS mobile
standard," Nokia said.
