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EU: Continental, Valeo join the fight against Nokia

By  |  April 17, 2019

German car parts maker Continental and French rival Valeo have joined Daimler and Bury Technologies to seek an EU antitrust investigation into Nokia’s patent licensing practices for cars, the Finnish tech company announced on Wednesday, April 17.

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    Last month, German carmaker Daimler and Bury complained to the European Commission about Nokia’s patents essential to car communications. The complaint highlights ongoing disputes between tech companies and the car industry on royalties paid on technologies used in navigation systems, vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and self-driving cars.

    Nokia was notified of the Bury, Continental, and Valeo complaints at the same time that the Commission told the company of Daimler’s complaint, a Nokia spokesman said.

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