Has iphone become a pain in the a**s for Nokia?

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia’s chief executive, shrug-ged off what outsiders see as the increasing threat to his business from the iPhone and the BlackBerry. The Finnish group is the world’s largest maker of mobile devices, controlling 38% of the market. The company launched a lawsuit against Apple alleging it had breached its patents on a raft of technologies including security, speech coding, encryption and wireless data technology. They are seeking royalties on the 34 million units sold since 2007.

This is a good read to consider patent legislation and the inpact on the competitive advantage of a firm not complying with these rules. Read the article here

N.B. a**s = apps!