Looks like Nokia's pulling all the stops in
its patent fight with Apple: in addition to the
already-filed lawsuit, the Finnish company has now filed a complaint with the
International Trade Commission, alleging that "virtually all" of Apple's products infringe one of seven patents covering user interfaces, cameras, antennas, and power management. Ouch. Of course, this is a pretty standard tactic as far as major patent disputes go -- this is just a second front of
the same war, and we'd expect Apple to lodge an ITC complaint of its own in due time. What could make this interesting is the ITC's power to
ban imports of
infringing products in relatively short order, so we'll be keeping a close eye on this one.
