Qualcomm, a slurping Lovecraftian horror decimating the mobile phone landscape with its patent porfolio, has launched two new IP lawsuits against Nokia, alleging infringements of five patents.
The suit appears to be an early round in a bigger brewing war, as a major licensing agreement between the two companies expires next monday. Qualcomm says their claim relates to downloading applications over wireless networks, which is to say, obvious functionality that ended up an effective patent due to the same old tricks.
Funnily enough, Nokia's edging toward using the "Patent Troll!" line itself, describing Qualcomm's IP strategy as a "pattern of serial litigation."
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