Nokia, Qualcomm court case to be Webcast

LONDON — Nokia and Qualcomm Inc. will again go eyeball-to-eyeball over their bitter and long-protracted patent and licensing dispute in a Delaware Court beginning Wednesday (July 23) , and this time the case will be televised by Courtroom View Network via Webcast. Sources said the service will be available at a charge beginning at $400 and that financial institutions including hedge funds have been signing up for the service. The proceedings will be available online for 30 days for subscribers. The case is based on a 1992 licensing agreement that allowed Nokia to use Qualcomm's patents in its handsets. That license expired on April 9, 2007 after Nokia paid Qualcomm $1 billion in fees and considered it to be paid up. It has ceased paying Qualcomm and has put some funds aside pending the outcome of the latest court battle,... [read full story]