Nokia and Ericsson Take a Toll on Korean IT Companies

Patent trolls take a toll on Korean IT companies-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily

 

Two former mobile phone giants, Nokia and Ericsson, have become among the world’s biggest “patent trolls,” using their past licenses in telecommunication and mobile phone source technologies to make a profit. They profit by making contracts with phone manufacturers for their patents and suing phone giants like Samsung Electronics and Apple, saying they are infringing their technologies.