Amazon Accuses Nokia of Infringing 12 Cloud Computing Patents

Amazon Technologies Inc. filed a new federal lawsuit accusing Nokia Corp. of infringing a dozen of its computer networking patents related to cloud computing.

Nokia’s strategic efforts to shift its business to focus on cloud computing and transition into the software-as-a-service market led it to infringe a variety of Amazon patents, the tech company said in a complaint field Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Delaware. The complaint also included Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy and Nokia of America Corp as defendants.

• The 12 asserted patents cover various categories, including virtual networking infrastructure, security and performance, ...