Nokia Alleges Amazon, HP Infringe Key Video-Streaming Patents

Nokia Technologies Oy fired a barrage of patent-infringement complaints against Amazon.com Inc. and HP Inc., alleging the tech giants rejected good-faith offers to license key standard video-streaming technology and are selling products and services that improperly incorporate Nokia’s protected ideas.

In three complaints filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Delaware, Finland-based Nokia highlights its history as a pioneer in the field of transmitting and receiving video over Wi-Fi and cellular networks, “with high quality and dramatically lower bandwidth requirements” that minimize video storage needs on mobile devices. The company claims its inventions are part ...