British technology tabloid The Inquirer reported that Nokia (OMX: NOK1V, NYSE:NOK) claims Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Asus (LSE: ASKD, TWSE: 2357)-built tablet Nexus 7 expected in the market soon is infringing on several of the Finnish company’s Wi-Fi/WLAN related patents. Nokia said that neither Google nor Asus has licensed the standards essential patents. The Finnish company said that companies who haven’t yet done so should approach Nokia to obtain the licenses.
Nokia has started to quickly try to locate additional sources of revenues as the bottom of its cash vault is starting to show. In last few weeks, some deals involving the location services have been announced and company spokesman have also said they will try to better monetize the wide patent portfolio. Some of that is likely to be in the market as well, and such comments could be feelers as well. Google and Asus haven’t made any comment. They might be well served to wait for a suit that Nokia might well deem too expensive rather than to choose to pay up from the bat.
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