Qualcomm’s woes with the ITC may be about to get worse. Nokia is asking the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) to investigate whether or not Qualcomm is infringing 5 Nokia patents in its CDMA and WCDMA/GSM chipsets. Nokia is requesting that the ITC initiate an investigation and issue an exclusion order to bar importation to the United States of infringing Qualcomm chipsets, and products such as handsets, containing the infringing chipsets.
In particular, Nokia feels that its patents on technologies that improve the performance and efficiency of wireless communication devices and enable lower manufacturing costs, smaller products and increased battery life have been illegally copied by Qualcomm in some of its GSM/WCDMA and CDMA2000 chipsets.
Qualcomm has already been found to be infringing on some Broadcom patents for its 3G chipsets.