Nokia sues Oppo in Europe and Asia for patent infringement

While Nokia has stated that Oppo rejected its "fair and reasonable" proposal, the Chinese company said Nokia was "dishonouring" the patent agreement by not complying with FRAND terms. FRAND refers to fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms within intellectual property rights, like patent licensing.

Even as the licence was not renewed, Nokia alleges that Oppo continues to use Nokia’s SEPS and non-SEPS. Some experts believe that Nokia will be looking for similar terms through the legal proceedings as the previous agreement between the two countries; namely, Oppo paying the Finnish company 3 euros for each phone it sold with Nokia patented technology.

The Nokia-Oppo lawsuit comes right at the heels of the Huawei and Verizon settling their lawsuit. Huawei and Verizon were similarly engaged in a patent infringement lawsuit, but the two companies managed to reach a deal behind closed doors and end the legal proceedings, which had started in Texas. While it is expected that the Nokia and Oppo lawsuit will be settled out of court, it remains to be seen what the details of the new agreement will be.