This is a really strange press release from Apple... to me it makes Apple sound bad.<p>First they make the Nokia quote stand out as the most, over their other points. Then Apple uses the word 'reinvent' in the first line of the third paragraph. This is exactly what Nokia are claiming they've done. Let us look at all the things they've reinvented:<p>* osx, unix clone.<p>* ipod, mp3 player clone.<p>* itunes, winamp clone.<p>* iphone, smart phone clone.<p>* ilife programs, each are a clone of many existing programs (movie editor, photo editor, sound editor, web page maker etc).<p>They do a lot of credit claiming for things they didn't invent. If you just listened to Apple PR, you'd expect they invented all of those things. It is really strange that they are proving what Nokia has said about them in their own press release!
“Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours,” said Bruce Sewell, Apple’s General Counsel and senior vice president.<p>And his boss once said<p>"Good artists copy. Great artists steal"
I don't know what the Nokia's patents are but what I know is that about the time a company begins to sue other companies means they've fallen behind on the market. And this has indeed been true for Nokia for some time.<p>Had Gandhi lived in the late 20th centry, his quote would probably be: "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they sue you. Then you win."
It looks like Apple's patent's are primarily UI/software related, which in the worst case are relatively easy to workaround.<p>Nokia's patent's on the other hand are related to wireless technology which are not easily workaround-able, so IMO if this goes towards settlement/cross-licensing Nokia has a much stronger hand.