Nokia Oyj won a court ruling in a patent dispute with Daimler, giving the Finnish company leverage in a long-running fight over mobile technology in automobiles.
Daimler, owner of the Mercedes-Benz brand, violated Nokia’s mobile-technology patents, judges in Mannheim, Germany, said Tuesday.
The ruling goes to the heart of how technology must be licensed for mobile-telecommunication systems that are standard features in most modern cars.
“We cannot understand the verdict of the Mannheim court and will appeal,” Daimler said in an emailed statement.
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