Apple Thoughts: Nokia v. Apple or Apple v. Nokia?

"Apple announced on Friday that it is countersuing Nokia in yet another ongoing patent dispute. As you may recall, Nokia first sued Apple in Delaware District Court back in October, laying claims that the iPhone violated ten different patents owned by the Finnish cell phone company. These patents cover technologies that are at the basis of a cell phone's functions, such as the various interfaces required to connect to a GSM network, transmit data, and encode voice information."

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And now Apple has fired back, counter-suing with 13 patents they allege were infringed upon by Nokia. No list available on exactly which patents, but Apple's General Counsel Bruce Sewell did say this: "Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours." What say you Nokia?